,illustration3 ,from ,life by ,a ,hoffy4
      ,printed by ,p ,s ,duval4         
,,mrs4 ,,jarena ,,lee4        ,preacher 
of the ,a1,m1,e1 ,church4      ,aged #fj
 years on the #aath day of the #bnd     
month #ahdd4      ,philada #ahdd        
,,religious ,,experience                
,,and                                   
,,journal                               
,,of                              ,,mrs4
 ,,jarena ,,lee1                        
,,giving                ,,an ,,account  
,,of ,,her ,,call ,,to ,,preach ,,the   
,,gospel4     ,revised and corrected    
from the ,original ,manuscript1 written 
by herself4                             
,,philadelphia3                         
,printed and ,published for the ,author4
                                        
#ahdi4           ,entered according to  
the ,act of ,congress1 in the year      
#ahcf1                               ,by
 ,,jarena ,,lee1     ,in the ,office of 
the ,clerk of the ,eastern ,district of 
,pennsylvania4          ,,religious     

,,experience ,,and ,,journal ,,of ,,mrs4
 ,,jarena ,,lee4        8,and it shall  
come to pass 444 that ,i will pour out  
my ,spirit      upon all flesh2 and your
 sons1 and your daughters shall         
prophecy40--,joel ii4 #bh4      ,i was  
born ,february #aath1 #aghc1 at ,cape   
,may1 ,state of ,new ,jersey4 ,at the   
age of seven years ,i was parted from my
 parents1 and went to live as a  servant
 maid1 with a ,mr4 ,sharp1 at the       
distance of about sixty miles from  the 
place of my birth4    ,my parents being 
wholly ignorant of the knowledge of     
,god1 had not  therefore instructed me  
in any degree in this great matter4 ,not
 long  after the commencement of my     
attendance on this lady1 she had bid me 
do  something respecting my work1 which 
in a little while after she asked me  if
 ,i had done1 when ,i replied1 ,yes--but
 this was not true4    ,at this awful   
point1 in my early history1 the ,spirit 
of ,god moved in  power through my      
,conscience1 and told me ,i was a       

wretched sinner4 ,on this  account so   
great was the impression1 and so strong 
were the feelings of  guilt1 that ,i    
promised in my heart that ,i would not  
tell another lie4    ,but               
notwithstanding this promise my heart   
grew harder1 after a while1  yet the    
,spirit of the ,lord never entirely     
forsook me1 but continued  mercifully   
striving with me1 until his gracious    
power converted my soul4    ,the manner 
of this great accomplishment1 was as    
follows3 ,in the year  #ahjd1 it so     
happened that ,i went with others to    
hear a missionary of the  ,presbyterian 
order preach4 ,it was an afternoon      
meeting1 but few were  there1 the place 
was a school room2 but the preacher was 
solemn1 and in  his countenance the     
earnestness of his master's business    
appeared equally  strong1 as though he  
were about to speak to a multitude4     
,at the reading of the ,psalms1 a ray of
 renewed conviction darted into my      
soul4 ,these were the words1 composing  

the first verse of the ,psalms for  the 
service3        8,lord1 ,i am vile1     
conceived in sin1      ,born unholy and 
unclean4      ,sprung from man1 whose   
guilty fall      ,corrupts the race1 and
 taints us all40    ,this description of
 my condition struck me to the heart1   
and made me to  feel in some measure1   
the weight of my sins1 and sinful       
nature4 ,but not  knowing how to run    
immediately to the ,lord for help1 ,i   
was driven of  ,satan1 in the course of 
a few days1 and tempted to destroy      
myself4    ,there was a brook about a   
quarter of a mile from the house1 in    
which  there was a deep hole1 where the 
water whirled about among the rocks2 to 
this place it was suggested1 ,i must go 
and drown myself4    ,at the time ,i had
 a book in my hand2 it was on a ,sabbath
 morning1 about  ten o'clock2 to this   
place ,i resorted1 where on coming to   
the water ,i  sat down on the bank1 and 
on my looking into it1 it was suggested 
that  drowning would be an easy death4  

,it seemed as if some one was speaking  
to me1 saying put your head under1 it   
will not distress you4 ,but by some     
means1 of which ,i can give no account1 
my thoughts were taken entirely  from   
this purpose1 when ,i went from the     
place to the house again4 ,it was  the  
unseen arm of ,god which saved me from  
self-murder4    ,but notwithstanding    
this escape from death1 my mind was not 
at rest--but  so great was the labor of 
my spirit and the fearful oppressions of
 a  judgment to come1 that ,i was       
reduced as one extremely ill1 on which  
account a physician was called to attend
 me1 from which illness ,i  recovered in
 about three months4    ,but as yet ,i  
had not found ,him of whom ,moses and   
the prophets did write1  being extremely
 ignorant3 there being no one to        
instruct me in the way  of life and     
salvation as yet4 ,after my recovery1 ,i
 left the lady1 who1  during my         
sickness1 was exceedingly kind1 and went
 to ,philadelphia4 ,from  this place ,i 

soon went a few miles into the country1 
where ,i resided in  the family of a    
,roman ,catholic4 ,but my anxiety still 
continued respecting  my poor soul1 on  
which account ,i used to watch my       
opportunity to read in  the ,bible2 and 
this lady observing this1 took the      
,bible from me and hid  it1 giving me a 
novel in its stead--which when ,i       
perceived1 ,i refused to  read4    ,soon
 after this ,i again went to the city of
 ,philadelphia1 and commenced  going to 
the ,english ,church1 the pastor of     
which was an ,englishman1 by  the name  
of ,pilmore1 one of the number who at   
first preached ,methodism in  ,america1 
in the city of ,new ,york4    ,but while
 sitting under the ministration of this 
man1 which was about  three months1 and 
at the last time1 it appeared that there
 was a wall  between me and a communion 
with that people1 which was higher than 
,i  could possibly see over1 and seemed 
to make this impression upon my mind1   
this is not the people for you4    ,but 

on returning home at noon ,i inquired of
 the head cook of the house  respecting 
the rules of the ,methodists1 as ,i knew
 she belonged to that  society1 who told
 me what they were2 on which account ,i 
replied1  that ,i should not be able to 
abide by such strict rules not even one 
year--however1 ,i told her that ,i would
 go with her and hear what they had  to 
say4    ,the man who was to speak in the
 afternoon of that day1 was the ,rev4   
,richard ,allen1 since bishop of the    
,african ,episcopal ,methodists in      
,america4 ,during the labors of this man
 that afternoon1 ,i had come to the     
conclusion1 that this is the people to  
which my heart unites1 and it so        
happened1 that as soon as the service   
closed he invited such as felt a  desire
 to flee the wrath to come1 to unite on 
trial with them--,i embraced  the       
opportunity4 ,three weeks from that day1
 my soul was gloriously  converted to   
,god1 under preaching1 at the very      
outset of the sermon4 ,the  text was    

barely pronounced1 which was 8,i        
perceive thy heart is not right  in the 
sight of ,god10 when there appeared to  
my view1 in the centre  of the heart1   
one sin2 and this was malice against one
 particular  individual1 who had strove 
deeply to injure me1 which ,i resented4 
,at  this discovery ,i said1 ,lord ,i   
forgive every creature4 ,that instant1  
it appeared to me as if a garment1 which
 had entirely enveloped my whole        
person1 even to my fingers' ends1 split 
at the crown of my head1 and was        
stripped away from me1 passing like a   
shadow from my sight--when the glory  of
 ,god seemed to cover me in its stead4  
,that moment1 though hundreds were      
present1 ,i did leap to my feet and     
declare that ,god1 for ,christ's sake1  
had pardoned the sins of my soul4       
,great was the ecstacy of my mind1 for  
,i felt that not only the sin of  malice
 was pardoned1 but all other sins were  
swept away together4 ,that  day was the 
first when my heart had believed1 and my

 tongue had made  confession unto       
salvation--the first words uttered1 a   
part of that song1  which shall fill    
eternity with its sound1 was glory to   
,god4 ,for a few  moments ,i had power  
to exhort sinners1 and to tell of the   
wonders and of  the goodness of ,him who
 had clothed me with ,his salvation4    
,during this  the minister was silent1  
until my soul felt its duty had been    
performed1  when he declared another    
witness of the power of ,christ to      
forgive sins  on earth1 was manifest in 
my conversion4    ,from the day on which
 ,i first went to the ,methodist        
,church1 until the  hour of my          
deliverance1 ,i was strangely buffeted  
by that enemy of all  righteousness--the
 devil4    ,i was naturally of a lively 
turn of disposition2 and during the     
space of  time from my first awakening  
until ,i knew my peace was made with    
,god1  ,i rejoiced in the vanities of   
this life1 and then again sunk back into
  sorrow4    ,for four years ,i had     

continued in this way1 frequently       
laboring under  the awful apprehension1 
that ,i could never be happy in this    
life4 ,this  persuasion was greatly     
strengthened during the three weeks1    
which was the  last of ,satan's power   
over me1 in this peculiar manner1 on    
which account  ,i had come to the       
conclusion that ,i had better be dead   
than alive4 ,here ,i  was again tempted 
to destroy my life by drowning2 but     
suddenly this mode  was changed--and    
while in the dusk of the evening1 as ,i 
was walking to  and fro in the yard of  
the house1 ,i was beset to hang myself  
with a cord  suspended from the wall    
enclosing the secluded spot4    ,but no 
sooner was the intention resolved on in 
my mind1 than an awful  dread came over 
me1 when ,i ran into the house2 still   
the tempter pursued  me4 ,there was     
standing a vessel of water--into this ,i
 was strangely  impressed to plunge my  
head1 so as to extinguish the life which
 ,god had  given me4 ,had ,i done this1 

,i have been always of the opinion1 that
 ,i  should have been unable to have    
released myself2 although the vessel was
  scarcely large enough to hold a gallon
 of water4 ,of me may it not be  said1  
as written by ,isaiah1 7chap4 #fe1      
verses #a1 #b47 8,i am sought of them   
that asked not for me2 ,i am found of   
them that sought me not40 ,glory be  to 
,god for his redeeming power1 which     
saved me from the violence of my  own   
hands1 from the malice of ,satan1 and   
from eternal death2 for had ,i  have    
killed myself1 a great ransom could not 
have delivered me2 for it is            
written--8,no murderer hath eternal life
 abiding in him40 ,how appropriately    
can ,i sing--        8,jesus sought me  
when a stranger1        ,wandering from 
the fold of ,god2      ,he to rescue me 
from danger1        ,interposed his     
precious blood40    ,but notwithstanding
 the terror which seized upon me1 when  
about to end  my life1 ,i had no view of
 the precipice on the edge of which ,i  

was  tottering1 until it was over1 and  
my eyes were opened4 ,then the awful    
gulf of hell seemed to be open beneath  
me1 covered only1 as it were1 by  a     
spider's web1 on which ,i stood4 ,i     
seemed to hear the howling of the       
damned1 to see the smoke of the         
bottomless pit1 and to hear the rattling
  of those chains1 which hold the       
impenitent under clouds of darkness to  
the judgment of the great day4    ,i    
trembled like ,belshazzar1 and cried out
 in the horror of my spirit1  8,god be  
merciful to me a sinner40 ,that night ,i
 formed a resolution to  pray2 which1   
when resolved upon1 there appeared1     
sitting in one corner  of the room1     
,satan1 in the form of a monstrous dog1 
and in a rage1 as if  in pursuit1 his   
tongue protruding from his mouth to a   
great length1 and  his eyes looked like 
two balls of fire2 it soon1 however1    
vanished out of  my sight4 ,from this   
state of terror and dismay1 ,i was      
happily delivered  under the preaching  

of the ,gospel as before related4       
,this view which ,i was permitted to    
have of ,satan1 in the form of a dog1   
is evidence1 which corroborates in my   
estimation1 the ,bible account  of a    
hell of fire1 which burneth with        
brimstone1 called in ,scripture  the    
bottomless pit2 the place where all     
liars1 who repent not1 shall  have their
 portion2 as also the ,sabbath breaker1 
the adulterer1 the  fornicator1 with the
 fearful1 the abominable1 and the       
unbelieving1 this  shall be the portion 
of their cup4    ,this language is too  
strong and expressive to be applied to  
any state  of suffering in time4 ,were  
it to be thus applied1 the reality could
  no where be found in human life2 the  
consequence would be1 that this         
scripture would be found a false        
testimony4 ,but when made to apply to an
  endless state of perdition1 in        
eternity1 beyond the bounds of human    
life1  then this language is found not  
to exceed our views of a state of       

eternal  damnation4    ,during the      
latter part of my state of conviction1  
,i can now apply to my  case1 as it then
 was1 the beautiful words of the poet3  
8,the more ,i strove against its power1 
,i felt its weight and guilt the more2  
',till late ,i heard my ,saviour say1   
,come hither soul1 ,i am the way40      
,this ,i found to be true1 to the joy of
 my disconsolate and despairing  heart1 
in the hour of my conversion to ,god4   
,during this state of mind1 while       
sitting near the fire one evening1      
after ,i had heard ,rev4 ,richard       
,allen1 as before related1 a view of my 
distressed condition so affected my     
heart1 that ,i could not refrain  from  
weeping and crying aloud2 which caused  
the lady with whom ,i then  lived1 to   
inquire1 with surprise1 what ailed me2  
to which ,i answered1  that ,i knew not 
what ailed me4 ,she replied that ,i     
ought to pray4 ,i arose  from where ,i  
was sitting1 being in an agony1 and     
weeping convulsively1  requested her to 

pray for me2 but at the very moment when
 she would  have done so1 some person   
wrapped heavily at the door for         
admittance2  it was but a person of the 
house1 but this occurrence was          
sufficient to  interrupt us in our      
intentions2 and ,i believe to this day1 
,i should then  have found salvation to 
my soul4 ,this interruption was1        
doubtless1 also  the work of ,satan4    
,although at this time1 when my         
conviction was so great1 yet ,i knew    
not that ,jesus ,christ was the ,son of 
,god1 the second person in the  adorable
 ,trinity4 ,i knew him not in the pardon
 of my sins1 yet ,i felt a              
consciousness that if ,i died without   
pardon1 that my lot must inevitably  be 
damnation4 ,if ,i would pray--,i knew   
not how4 ,i could form no connexion  of 
ideas into words2 but ,i knew the       
,lord's prayer2 this ,i uttered with a  
loud voice1 and with all my might and   
strength4 ,i was the most ignorant      
creature in the world2 ,i did not even  

know that ,christ had died for the  sins
 of the world1 and to save sinners4     
,every circumstance1 however1 was  so   
directed as still to continue and       
increase the sorrows of my heart1  which
 ,i now know to have been a ,godly      
sorrow which wrought repentance1  which 
is not to be repented of4 ,even the     
falling of the dead leaves from  the    
forests1 and the dried spires of the    
mown grass1 showed me that  ,i too must 
die in like manner4 ,but my case was    
awfully different from  that of the     
grass of the field1 or the wide spread  
decay of a thousand  forests1 as ,i felt
 within me a living principle1 an       
immortal spirit1  which cannot die1 and 
must forever either enjoy the smiles of 
its  ,creator1 or feel the pangs of     
ceaseless damnation4    ,but the ,lord  
led me on2 being gracious1 he took pity 
on my ignorance2 he  heard my wailings1 
which had entered into the ear of the   
,lord of ,sabaoth4  ,circumstances so   
transpired that ,i soon came to a       

knowledge of the being  and character of
 the ,son of ,god1 of whom ,i knew      
nothing4    ,my strength had left me4 ,i
 had become feverish and sickly through 
the  violence of my feelings1 on which  
account ,i left my place of service to  
spend a week with a colored physician1  
who was a member of the ,methodist      
society1 and also to spend this week in 
going to places where prayer and        
supplication was statedly made for such 
as me4    ,through this means ,i had    
learned much1 so as to be able in some  
degree to  comprehend the spiritual     
meaning of the text1 which the minister 
took on  the ,sabbath morning1 as before
 related1 which was 8,i perceive thy    
heart  is not right in the sight of     
,god40--,acts1 chap4 #h1 verse #ba4     
,this text1 as already related1 became  
the power of ,god unto salvation  to me1
 because ,i believed4 ,i was baptized   
according to the direction  of our      
,lord1 who said1 as he was about to     
ascend from the mount1 to  his          

disciples1 8,go ye into all the world   
and preach my gospel to every  creature1
 he that believeth and is baptized shall
 be saved40    ,i have now passed       
through the account of my conviction1   
and also  of my conversion to ,god3 and 
shall next speak of the blessings of    
sanctification4    ,a time1 after ,i had
 received forgiveness1 flowed sweetly   
on2 day and  night my joy was full1 no  
temptation was permitted to molest me4  
,i could  say continually with the      
psalmist1 that 8,god had separated my   
sins from  me as far as the east is from
 the west40 ,i was ready continually to 
cry1        8,come all the world1 come  
sinner thou1      ,all things in ,christ
 are ready now40    ,i continued in this
 happy state of mind for almost three   
months1 when a  certain colored man1 by 
name ,william ,scott1 came to pay me a  
religious  visit4 ,he had been for many 
years a faithful follower of the ,lamb2 
and  he had also taken much time in     
visiting the sick and distressed of our 

color1 and understood well the great    
things belonging to a man of full       
stature in ,christ ,jesus4    ,in the   
course of our conversation1 he inquired 
if the ,lord had justified  my soul4 ,i 
answered yes4 ,he then asked me if he   
had sanctified me4 ,i  answered no2 and 
that ,i did not know what that was4 ,he 
then undertook to  instruct me further  
in the knowledge of the ,lord respecting
 this blessing4    ,he told me the      
progress of the soul from a state of    
darkness1 or of  nature1 was three-fold2
 or consisted in three degrees1 as      
follows3  ,first1 conviction for sin4   
,second1 justification from sin4 ,third1
 the  entire sanctification of the soul 
to ,god4 ,i thought this description    
was beautiful1 and immediately believed 
in it4 ,he then inquired if ,i  would   
promise to pray for this in my secret   
devotions4 ,i told him yes4  ,very soon 
,i began to call upon the ,lord to show 
me all that was in my  heart1 which was 
not according to his will4 ,now there   

appeared to be a  new struggle          
commencing in my soul1 not accompanied  
with fear1 guilt1  and bitter distress1 
as while under my first conviction for  
sin1 but a  laboring of the mind to know
 more of the right way of the ,lord4 ,i 
began  now to feel that my heart was not
 clean in his sight2 that there yet     
remained the roots of bitterness1 which 
if not destroyed1 would ere long  sprout
 up from these roots1 and overwhelm me  
in a new growth of the  brambles and    
brushwood of sin4    ,by the increasing 
light of the ,spirit1 ,i had found there
 yet remained the  root of pride1 anger1
 self-will1 with many evils1 the result 
of fallen  nature4 ,i now became alarmed
 at this discovery1 and began to fear   
that  ,i had been deceived in my        
experience4 ,i was now greatly alarmed1 
lest ,i  should fall away from what ,i  
knew ,i had enjoyed2 and to guard       
against  this ,i prayed almost          
incessantly1 without acting faith on the
 power and  promises of ,god to keep me 

from falling4 ,i had not yet learned how
 to war  against temptation of this     
kind4 ,satan well knew that if he could 
succeed  in making me disbelieve my     
conversion1 that he would catch me      
either on  the ground of complete       
despair1 or on the ground of infidelity4
 ,for if  all had passed through was to 
go for nothing1 and was but a fiction1  
the mere ravings of a disordered mind1  
that ,i would naturally be led to       
believe that there is nothing in        
religion at all4    ,from this snare ,i 
was mercifully preserved1 and led to    
believe that  there was yet a greater   
work than that of pardon to be wrought  
in me4  ,i retired to a secret place1   
7after having sought this blessing1 as  
well as ,i could1 for nearly three      
months1 from the time brother ,scott    
had instructed me respecting it17 for   
prayer1 about four o'clock in the       
afternoon4 ,i had struggled long and    
hard1 but found not the desire of my    
heart4 ,when ,i rose from my knees1     

there seemed a voice speaking to me1  as
 ,i yet stood in a leaning              
posture--8,ask for sanctification40     
,when to my  surprise1 ,i recollected   
that ,i had not even thought of it in my
 whole  prayer4 ,it would seem ,satan   
had hidden the very object from my mind1
 for  which ,i had purposely kneeled to 
pray4 ,but when this voice whispered in 
my heart1 saying1 8,pray for            
sanctification10 ,i again bowed in the  
same  place1 at the same time1 and said 
8,lord sanctify my soul for ,christ's   
sake40 ,that very instant1 as if        
lightning had darted through me1 ,i     
sprang  to my feet1 and cried1 8,the    
,lord has sanctified my soul60 ,there   
was none  to hear this but the angels   
who stood around to witness my joy--and 
,satan1  whose malice raged the more4   
,that ,satan was there1 ,i knew2 for no 
sooner  had ,i cried out 8,the ,lord has
 sanctified my soul10 than there seemed 
another voice behind me1 saying 8,no1 it
 is too great a work to be done40  ,but 

another spirit said 8,bow down for the  
witness--,i received it--thou art       
sanctified60 ,the first ,i knew of      
myself after that1 ,i was standing in   
the yard with my hands spread out1 and  
looking with my face toward heaven4     
,i now ran into the house and told them 
what had happened to me1 when1 as  it   
were1 a new rush of the same ecstacy    
came upon me1 and caused me to  feel as 
if ,i were in an ocean of light and     
bliss4    ,during this1 ,i stood        
perfectly still1 the tears rolling in a 
flood from  my eyes4 ,so great was the  
joy1 that it is past description4 ,there
 is no  language that can describe it1  
except that which was heard by ,st4     
,paul1  when he was caught up to third  
heaven1 and heard words which it was not
  lawful to utter4          ,,my ,,call 
,,to ,,preach ,,the ,,gospel4           
,between four and five years after my   
sanctification1 on a certain time1  an  
impressive silence fell upon me1 and ,i 
stood as if some one was about  to speak

 to me1 yet ,i had no such thought in my
 heart4--,but to my utter  surprise     
there seemed to sound a voice which ,i  
thought ,i distinctly  heard1 and most  
certainly understand1 which said to me1 
8,go preach the  ,gospel60 ,i           
immediately replied aloud1 8,no one will
 believe me40 ,again ,i  listened1 and  
again the same voice seemed to          
say--8,preach the ,gospel2 ,i  will put 
words in your mouth1 and will turn your 
enemies to become your  friends40    ,at
 first ,i supposed that ,satan had      
spoken to me1 for ,i had read that  he  
could transform himself into an angel of
 light for the purpose of  deception4   
,immediately ,i went into a secret      
place1 and called upon the  ,lord to    
know if he had called me to preach1 and 
whether ,i was deceived or  not2 when   
there appeared to my view the form and  
figure of a pulpit1 with  a ,bible lying
 thereon1 the back of which was         
presented to me as plainly  as if it had
 been a literal fact4    ,in consequence

 of this1 my mind became so exercised1  
that during the  night following1 ,i    
took a text and preached in my sleep4 ,i
 thought  there stood before me a great 
multitude1 while ,i expounded to them   
the  things of religion4 ,so violent    
were my exertions and so loud were my   
exclamations1 that ,i awoke from the    
sound of my own voice1 which also  awoke
 the family of the house where ,i       
resided4 ,two days after ,i went  to see
 the preacher in charge of the ,african 
,society1 who was the ,rev4  ,richard   
,allen1 the same before named in these  
pages1 to tell him that ,i  felt it my  
duty to preach the gospel4 ,but as ,i   
drew near the street in  which his house
 was1 which was in the city of          
,philadelphia1 my courage  began to fail
 me2 so terrible did the cross appear1  
it seemed that ,i  should not be able to
 bear it4 ,previous to my setting out to
 go to see  him1 so agitated was my     
mind1 that my appetite for my daily food
 failed  me entirely4 ,several times on 

my way there1 ,i turned back again2 but 
as often ,i felt my strength again      
renewed1 and ,i soon found that the     
nearer ,i approached to the house of the
 minister1 the less was my fear4        
,accordingly1 as soon as ,i came to the 
door1 my fears subsided1 the cross  was 
removed1 all things appeared            
pleasant--,i was tranquil4    ,i now    
told him1 that the ,lord had revealed it
 to me1 that ,i must preach  the gospel4
 ,he replied1 by asking1 in what sphere 
,i wished to move in8  ,i said1 among   
the ,methodists4 ,he then replied1 that 
a ,mrs4 ,cook1 a  ,methodist lady1 had  
also some time before requested the same
 privilege2  who1 it was believed1 had  
done much good in the way of            
exhortation1 and  holding prayer        
meetings2 and who had been permitted to 
do so by the  verbal license of the     
preacher in charge at the time4 ,but as 
to women  preaching1 he said that our   
,discipline knew nothing at all about   
it--that  it did not call for women     

preachers4 ,this ,i was glad to hear1   
because it  removed the fear of the     
cross--but no sooner did this feeling   
cross my  mind1 than ,i found that a    
love of souls had in a measure departed 
from  me2 that holy energy which burn ed
 within me1 as a fire1 began to be      
smothered4 ,this ,i soon perceived4     
,o how careful ought we to be1 lest     
through our by-laws of church           
government and discipline1 we bring into
 disrepute even the word of life4  ,for 
as unseemly as it may appear now-a-days 
for a woman to preach1 it  should be    
remembered that nothing is impossible   
with ,god4 ,and why should  it be       
thought impossible1 heterodox1 or       
improper for a woman to preach8  seeing 
the ,saviour died for the woman as well 
as for the man4    ,if the man may      
preach1 because the ,saviour died for   
him1 why not the  woman8 seeing he died 
for her also4 ,is he not a whole        
,saviour1 instead of  a half one8 as    
those who hold it wrong for a woman to  

preach1 would seem  to make it appear4  
,did not ,mary first preach the risen   
,saviour1 and is not the doctrine of    
the resurrection the very climax of     
,christianity--hangs not all our hope   
on this1 as argued by ,st4 ,paul8 ,then 
did not ,mary1 a woman1 preach the      
gospel8 for she preached the            
resurrection of the crucified ,son of   
,god4    ,but some will say that ,mary  
did not expound the ,scripture1         
therefore1 she  did not preach1 in the  
proper sense of the term4 ,to this ,i   
reply1 it may  be that the term preach  
in those primitive times1 did not mean  
exactly  what it is now made to mean2   
perhaps it was a great deal more simple 
then1 than it is now--if it were not1   
the unlearned fishermen could not  have 
preached the gospel at all1 as they had 
no learning4    ,to this it may be      
replied1 by those who are determined not
 to believe  that it is right for a     
woman to preach1 that the disciples1    
though they  were fishermen and ignorant

 of letters too1 were inspired so to do4
 ,to  which ,i would reply1 that though 
they were inspired1 yet that inspiration
  did not save them from showing their  
ignorance of letters1 and of man's      
wisdom2 this the multitude soon found   
out1 by listening to the remarks of  the
 envious ,jewish priests4 ,if then1 to  
preach the gospel1 by the gift of       
heaven1 comes by inspiration solely1 is 
,god straitened3 must he take the  man  
exclusively8 ,may he not1 did he not1   
and can he not inspire a female  to     
preach the simple story of the birth1   
life1 death1 and resurrection  of our   
,lord1 and accompany it too with power  
to the sinner's heart4 ,as  for me1 ,i  
am fully persuaded that the ,lord called
 me to labor according  to what ,i have 
received1 in his vineyard4 ,if he has   
not1 how could he  consistently bear    
testimony in favor of my poor labors1 in
 awakening and  converting sinners8     
,in my wanderings up and down among men1
 preaching according to my  ability1 ,i 

have frequently found families who told 
me that they had not  for several years 
been to a meeting1 and yet1 while       
listening to hear  what ,god would say  
by his poor female instrument1 have     
believed with  trembling--tears rolling 
down their cheeks1 the signs of         
contrition and  repentance towards ,god4
 ,i firmly believe that ,i have sown    
seed1 in the  name of the ,lord1 which  
shall appear with its increase at the   
great day  of accounts1 when ,christ    
shall come to make up his jewels4    ,at
 a certain time1 ,i was beset with the  
idea1 that soon or late ,i should  fall 
from grace and lose my soul at last4 ,i 
was frequently called to the  throne of 
grace about this matter1 but found no   
relief2 the temptation  pursued me      
still4 ,being more and more afflicted   
with it1 till at a  certain time1 when  
the spirit strongly impressed it on my  
mind to enter  into my closet and carry 
my case once more to the ,lord2 the     
,lord enabled  me to draw nigh to him1  

and to his mercy seat1 at this time1 in 
an  extraordinary manner2 for while ,i  
wrestled with him for the victory over  
this disposition to doubt whether ,i    
should persevere1 there appeared  a form
 of fire1 about the size of a man's     
hand1 as ,i was on my knees2  at the    
same moment there appeared to the eye of
 faith a man robed in a  white garment1 
from the shoulders down to the feet2    
from him a voice  proceeded1 saying3    
8,thou shalt never return from the      
cross40 ,since that  time ,i have never 
doubted1 but believe that ,god will keep
 me until the  day of redemption4 ,now  
,i could adopt the very language of ,st4
 ,paul1 and  say1 that nothing could    
have separated me from the love of ,god1
 which is  in ,christ ,jesus4 ,since    
that time1 #ahjg1 until the present1    
#ahcc1 ,i have  not even doubted the    
power and goodness of ,god to keep me   
from falling1  through the              
sanctification of the spirit and belief 
of the truth4          ,,my ,,marriage4 

,in the year #ahaa1 ,i changed my       
situation in life1 having married ,mr4  
,joseph ,lee1 pastor of a ,society at   
,snow ,hill1 about six miles from the   
city of ,philadelphia4 ,it became       
necessary therefore for me to remove4   
,this was a great trial at first1 as ,i 
knew no person at ,snow ,hill1 except   
my husband1 and to leave my associates  
in the society1 and especially  those   
who composed the band of which ,i was   
one4 ,none but those who have  been in  
sweet fellowship with such as really    
love ,god1 and have together  drank     
bliss and happiness from the same       
fountain1 can tell how dear such        
company is1 and how hard it is to part  
from them4    ,at ,snow ,hill1 as was   
feared1 ,i never found that agreement   
and closeness  in communion and         
fellowship1 that ,i had in              
,philadelphia1 among my young           
companions1 nor ought ,i to have        
expected it4 ,the manners and customs   
at this place were somewhat different1  

on which account ,i became  discontented
 in the course of a year1 and began to  
importune my husband  to remove to the  
city4 ,but this plan did not suit him1  
as he was the  ,pastor of the ,society1 
he could not bring his mind to leave    
them4 ,this  afflicted me a little4 ,but
 the ,lord showed me in a dream what his
 will  was concerning this matter4    ,i
 dreamed that as ,i was walking on the  
summit of a beautiful hill1  that ,i saw
 near me a flock of sheep1 fair and     
white1 as if but newly  washed2 when    
there came walking toward me a man of a 
grave and dignified  countenance1       
dressed entirely in white1 as it were in
 a robe1 and looking  at me1 said       
emphatically1 8,joseph ,lee must take   
care of these sheep1 or  the wolf will  
come and devour them40 ,when ,i awoke ,i
 was convinced of my  error1 and        
immediately1 with a glad heart1 yielded 
to the right spirit  in the ,lord4 ,this
 also greatly strengthened my faith in  
his care over  them1 for fear the wolf  

should by some means take any of them   
away4 ,the  following verse was         
beautifully suited to our condition1 as 
well as to  all the little flocks of    
,god scattered up and down this land3   
8,us into ,thy protection take1         
,and gather with ,thine arm2            
,unless the fold we first forsake1      
,the wolf can never harm40    ,after    
this1 ,i fell into a state of general   
debility1 and in an ill state  of       
health1 so much so1 that ,i could not   
sit up2 but a desire to warn  sinners to
 flee the wrath to come1 burned         
vehemently in my heart1 when  the ,lord 
would send sinners into the house to see
 me4 ,such opportunities  ,i embraced to
 press home on their consciences the    
things of eternity1 and  so effectual   
was the word of exhortation made through
 the ,spirit1 that ,i  have seen them   
fall to the floor crying aloud for      
mercy4    ,from this sickness ,i did not
 expect to recover1 and there was but   
one  thing which bound me to earth1 and 

this was1 that ,i had not as yet        
preached the gospel to the fallen sons  
and daughters of ,adam's race1  to the  
satisfaction of my mind4 ,i wished to go
 from one end of the  earth to the      
other1 crying1 ,behold1 behold the lamb6
 ,to this end ,i  earnestly prayed the  
,lord to raise me up1 if consistent with
 his will4  ,he condescended to hear my 
prayer1 and to give me a token in a     
dream1  that in due time ,i should      
recover my health4 ,the dream was as    
follows3 ,i  thought ,i saw the sun rise
 in the morning1 and ascend to an       
altitude of  about half an hour high1   
and then become obscured by a dense     
black cloud1  which continued to hide   
its rays for about one-third part of the
 day1 and  then it burst forth again    
with renewed splendor4    ,this dream ,i
 interpreted to signify my early life1  
my conversion to ,god1  and this        
sickness1 which was a great affliction1 
as it hindered me1 and ,i  feared would 
forever hinder me from preaching the    

gospel1 was signified  by the cloud2 and
 the bursting forth of the sun1 again1  
was the recovery  of my health1 and     
being permitted to preach4    ,i went to
 the throne of grace on this subject1   
where the ,lord made this  impressive   
reply in my heart1 while on my knees3   
8,ye shall be restored to  thy health   
again1 and worship ,god in full purpose 
of heart40    ,this manifestation was so
 impressive1 that ,i could but hide my  
face as  if some one was gazing upon me1
 to think of the great goodness of the  
,almighty ,god to my poor soul and body4
 ,from that very time ,i began to  gain 
strength of body and mind1 glory to ,god
 in the highest1 until my  health was   
fully recovered4    ,for six years from 
this time ,i continued to receive from  
above1 such  baptisms of the ,spirit as 
mortality could scarcely bear4 ,about   
that time  ,i was called to suffer in my
 family1 by death--five1 in the course  
of  about six years1 fell by his hand2  
my husband being one of the number1     

which was the greatest affliction of    
all4    ,i was now left alone in the    
world1 with two infant children1 one of 
the  age of about two years1 the other  
six months1 with no other dependence    
than the promise of ,him who hath       
said--,i will be the widow's ,god1 and a
  father to the fatherless4             
,accordingly1 he raised me up friends1  
whose  liberality comforted and solaced 
me in my state of widowhood and         
sorrows1 ,i could sing with the greatest
 propriety the words of the poet4       
8,he helps the stranger in distress1    
,the widow and the fatherless1          
,and grants the prisoner sweet release40
    ,i can say even now1 with the       
,psalmist1 8,once ,i was young1 but now 
,i am  old1 yet ,i have never seen the  
righteous forsaken1 nor his seed begging
  bread40 ,i have ever been fed by his  
bounty1 clothed by his mercy1  comforted
 and healed when sick1 succored when    
tempted1 and every where  upheld by his 
hand4          ,,the ,,subject ,,of ,,my

 ,,call ,,to ,,preach ,,renewed4        
,it was now eight years since ,i had    
made application to be permitted to     
preach the gospel1 during which time ,i 
had only been allowed to exhort1  and   
even this privilege but seldom4 ,this   
subject now was renewed afresh  in my   
mind2 it was as a fire shut up in my    
bones4 ,about thirteen months  passed   
on1 while under this renewed impression4
 ,during this time1 ,i had  solicited of
 the ,rev4 ,bishop1 ,richard ,allen1 who
 at this time had become  ,bishop of the
 ,african ,episcopal ,methodists in     
,america1 to be permitted  the liberty  
of holding prayer meetings in my own    
hired house1 and of  exhorting as ,i    
found liberty1 which was granted me4 ,by
 this means1 my  mind was relieved1 as  
the house soon filled when the hour     
appointed for  prayer had arrived4    ,i
 cannot but relate in this place1 before
 ,i proceed further with the  above     
subject1 the singular conversion of a   
very wicked young man4 ,he was  a       

colored man1 who had generally attended 
our meetings1 but not for any  good     
purpose2 but rather to disturb and to   
ridicule our denomination4 ,he  openly  
and uniformly declared that he neither  
believed in religion1 nor  wanted any   
thing to do with it4 ,he was of a       
,gallio disposition1 and took  the lead 
among the young people of color4 ,but   
after a while he fell sick1  and lay    
about three months in a state of ill    
health2 his disease was a  consumption4 
,toward the close of his days1 his      
sister who was a member of  the society1
 came and desired me to go and see her  
brother1 as she had no  hopes of his    
recovery1 perhaps the ,lord might break 
into his mind4 ,i went  alone1 and found
 him very low4 ,i soon commenced to     
inquire respecting his  state of        
feeling1 and how he found his mind4 ,his
 answer was1 8,o tolerable  well10 with 
an air of great indifference4 ,i asked  
him if ,i should pray  for him4 ,he     
answered in a sluggish and careless     

manner1 8,o yes1 if you  have time40 ,i 
then sung a hymn1 kneeled down and      
prayed for him1 and then  went my way4  
,three days after this1 ,i went again to
 visit the young man4 ,at this time     
there went with me two of the sisters in
 ,christ4 ,we found the ,rev4 ,mr4      
,cornish1 of our denomination1 laboring 
with him4 ,but he said he received  but 
little satisfaction from him4 ,pretty   
soon1 however1 brother ,cornish  took   
his leave2 when myself1 with the other  
two sisters1 one of which was  an       
elderly woman named ,jane ,hutt1 the    
other was younger1 both colored1        
commenced conversing with him1          
respecting his eternal interest1 and of 
his hopes of a happy eternity1 if any he
 had4 ,he said but little2 we  then     
kneeled down together and besought the  
,lord in his behalf1 praying  that if   
mercy were not clear gone for ever1 to  
shed a ray of softening  grace upon the 
hardness of his heart4 ,he appeared now 
to be somewhat more  tender1 and we     

thought we could perceive some tokens of
 conviction1 as he  wished us to visit  
him again1 in a tone of voice not quite 
as indifferent  as he had hitherto      
manifested4    ,but two days had elapsed
 after this visit1 when his sister came 
to me in  haste1 saying1 that she       
believed her brother was then dying1 and
 that  he had sent for me4 ,i           
immediately called on ,jane ,hutt1 who  
was still  among us as a mother in      
,israel1 to go with me4 ,when we arrived
 there1  we found him sitting up in bed1
 very restless and uneasy1 but he soon  
laid down again4 ,he now wished me to   
come to him1 by the side of his  bed4 ,i
 asked him how he was4 ,he said1 ,very  
ill2 and added1 8,pray for me1  quick80 
,we now perceived his time in this world
 to be short4 ,i took up  the hymn-book1
 and opened to a hymn suitable to his   
case1 and commenced  to sing1 but there 
seemed to be a horror in the room--a    
darkness of a  mental kind1 which was   
felt by us all2 there being five        

persons1 except  the sick young man and 
his nurse4 ,we had sung but one verse1  
when they  all gave over singing1 on    
account of this unearthly sensation1 but
  myself4 ,i continued to sing on alone1
 but in a dull and heavy manner1  though
 looking up to ,god all the while for   
help4 ,suddenly ,i felt a spring  of    
energy awake in my heart1 when darkness 
gave way in some degree4  ,it was but a 
glimmer from above4 ,when the hymn was  
finished1 we all  kneeled down to pray  
for him4 ,while calling on the name of  
the ,lord1 to  have mercy on his soul1  
and to grant him repentance unto life1  
it came  suddenly into my mind never to 
rise from my knees until ,god should    
hear  prayer in his behalf1 until he    
should convert and save his soul4       
,now1 while ,i thus continued           
importuning heaven1 as ,i felt ,i was   
led1 a  ray of light1 more abundant1    
broke forth among us4 ,there appeared to
 my  view1 though my eyes were closed1  
the ,saviour in full stature1 nailed  to

 the cross1 just over the head of the   
young man1 against the ceiling  of the  
room4 ,i cried out1 brother look up1 the
 ,saviour is come1 he  will pardon you1 
your sins he will forgive4 ,my sorrow   
for the soul of  the young man was gone2
 ,i could no longer pray--joy and       
rapture made it  impossible4 ,we rose up
 from our knees1 when lo1 his eyes were 
gazing  with ecstacy upwards2 over his  
face there was an expression of joy2 his
  lips were clothed in a sweet and holy 
smile2 but no sound came from  his      
tongue2 it was heard in its stillness of
 bliss2 full of hope and  immortality4  
,thus1 as ,i held him by the hand1 his  
happy and purified soul  soared away1   
without a sigh or a groan1 to its       
eternal rest4    ,i now closed his eyes1
 straightened out his limbs1 and left   
him to be  dressed for the grave4 ,but  
as for me1 ,i was filled with the power 
of the  ,holy ,ghost--the very room     
seemed filled with glory4 ,his sister   
and all  that were in the room rejoiced1

 nothing doubting but he had entered    
into  ,paradise2 and ,i believe ,i shall
 see him at the last and great day1 safe
  on the shores of salvation4    ,but to
 return to the subject of my call to    
preach4 ,soon after this1 as  above     
related1 the ,rev4 ,richard ,williams   
was to preach at ,bethel ,church1  where
 ,i with others were assembled4 ,he     
entered the pulpit1 gave out the  hymn1 
which was sung1 and then addressed the  
throne of grace2 took his  text1 passed 
through the exordium1 and commenced to  
expound it4 ,the text  he took is in    
,jonah1 #b;d chap4 #ith                 
verse1--8,salvation is of the ,lord40   
,but  as he proceeded to explain1 he    
seemed to have lost the spirit2 when in 
the same instant1 ,i sprang1 as by      
altogether supernatural impulse1 to my  
feet1 when ,i was aided from above to   
give an exhortation on the very text    
which my brother ,williams had taken4   
,i told them ,i was like ,jonah2 for it 
had been then nearly eight years  since 

the ,lord had called me to preach his   
gospel to the fallen sons and  daughters
 of ,adam's race1 but that ,i had       
lingered like him1 and delayed  to go at
 the bidding of the ,lord1 and warn     
those who are as deeply guilty  as were 
the people of ,nineveh4    ,during the  
exhortation1 ,god made manifest his     
power in a manner  sufficient to show   
the world that ,i was called to labor   
according to  my ability1 and the grace 
given unto me1 in the vineyard of the   
good  husbandman4    ,i now sat down1   
scarcely knowing what ,i had done1 being
 frightened4 ,i  imagined1 that for this
 indecorum1 as ,i feared it might be    
called1 ,i  should be expelled from the 
church4 ,but instead of this1 the       
,bishop rose  up in the assembly1 and   
related that ,i had called upon him     
eight years  before1 asking to be       
permitted to preach1 and that he had put
 me off2 but  that he now as much       
believed that ,i was called to that     
work1 as any of  the preachers present4 

,these remarks greatly strengthened me1 
so that my  fears of having given an    
offence1 and made myself liable as an   
offender1  subsided1 giving place to a  
sweet serenity1 a holy joy of a peculiar
  kind1 untasted in my bosom until then4
    ,the next ,sabbath day1 while       
sitting under the word of the gospel1 ,i
 felt  moved to attempt to speak to the 
people in a public manner1 but ,i could 
not bring my mind to attempt it in the  
church4 ,i said1 ,lord1 anywhere  but   
here4 ,accordingly1 there was a house   
not far off which was pointed  out to   
me2 to this ,i went4 ,it was the house  
of a sister belonging to the  same      
society with myself4 ,her name was      
,anderson4 ,i told her ,i had come  to  
hold a meeting in her house1 if she     
would call in her neighbors4 ,with  this
 request she immediately complied4 ,my  
congregation consisted of but  five     
persons4 ,i commenced by reading and    
singing a hymn2 when ,i arose ,i  found 
my hand resting on the ,bible1 which ,i 

had not noticed till that  moment4 ,it  
now occurred to me to take a text4 ,i   
opened the ,scripture1  as it happened1 
at the #adast ,psalm1 fixing my eye on  
the third verse1  which reads3 8,set a  
watch1 ,o ,lord1 before my mouth1 keep  
the door of my  lips40 ,my sermon1 such 
as it was1 applied wholly to myself1 and
 added  an exhortation4 ,two of my      
congregation wept much1 as the fruit of 
my  labor this time4 ,in closing1 ,i    
said to the few1 that if any one would  
open a door1 ,i would hold a meeting the
 next sixth-day evening3 when one       
answered that her house was at my       
service4 ,accordingly ,i went1 and ,god 
made manifest his power among the       
people4 ,some wept1 while others shouted
  for joy4 ,one whole seat of females1  
by the power of ,god1 as the rushing  of
 a wind1 were all bowed to the floor1 at
 once1 and screamed out4 ,also a  sick  
man and woman in one house1 the ,lord   
convicted them both2 one lived1  and the
 other died4 ,god wrought a             

judgment--some were well at night1 and  
died in the morning4 ,at this place ,i  
continued to hold meetings about  six   
months4 ,during that time ,i kept house 
with my little son1 who was  very       
sickly4 ,about this time ,i had a call  
to preach at a place about  thirty miles
 distant1 among the ,methodists1 with   
whom ,i remained one  week1 and during  
the whole time1 not a thought of my     
little son came into  my mind2 it was   
hid from me1 lest ,i should have been   
diverted from the  work ,i had to do1 to
 look after my son4 ,here by the        
instrumentality of a  poor coloured     
woman1 the ,lord poured forth his spirit
 among the people4  ,though1 as ,i was  
told1 there were lawyers1 doctors1 and  
magistrates  present1 to hear me speak1 
yet there was mourning and crying among 
sinners1 for the ,lord scattered fire   
among them of his own kindling4  ,the   
,lord gave his hand-maiden power to     
speak for his great name1 for  he       
arrested the hearts of the people1 and  

caused a shaking amongst the  multitude1
 for ,god was in the midst4    ,i now   
returned home1 found all well2 no harm  
had come to my child1  although ,i left 
it very sick4 ,friends had taken care of
 it which was of  the ,lord4 ,i now     
began to think seriously of breaking up 
housekeeping1 and  forsaking all to     
preach the everlasting ,gospel4 ,i felt 
a strong desire  to return to the place 
of my nativity1 at ,cape ,may1 after an 
absence of  about fourteen years4 ,to   
this place1 where the heaviest cross was
 to be  met with1 the ,lord sent me1 as 
,saul of ,tarsus was sent to ,jerusalem1
 to  preach the same gospel which he had
 neglected and despised before his      
conversion4 ,i went by water1 and on my 
passage was much distressed by  sea     
sickness1 so much so that ,i expected to
 have died1 but such was not  the will  
of the ,lord respecting me4 ,after ,i   
had disembarked1 ,i proceeded  on as    
opportunities offered1 toward where my  
mother lived4 ,when within  ten miles of

 that place1 ,i appointed an evening    
meeting4 ,there were a  goodly number   
came out to hear4 ,the ,lord was pleased
 to give me light  and liberty among the
 people4 ,after meeting1 there came an  
elderly lady  to me and said1 she       
believed the ,lord had sent me among    
them2 she then  appointed me another    
meeting there two weeks from that night4
 ,the next  day ,i hastened forward to  
the place of my mother1 who was happy to
 see  me1 and the happiness was mutual  
between us4 ,with her ,i left my poor   
sickly boy1 while ,i departed to do my  
,master's will4 ,in this neighborhood   
,i had an uncle1 who was a ,methodist1  
and who gladly threw open his door  for 
meetings to be held there4 ,at the first
 meeting which ,i held at my  uncle's   
house1 there was1 with others who had   
come from curiosity to hear  the woman  
preacher1 an old man1 who was a ,deist1 
and who said he did not  believe the    
coloured people had any souls--he was   
sure they had none4 ,he  took a seat    

very near where ,i was standing1 and    
boldly tried to look me  out of         
countenance4 ,but as ,i labored on in   
the best manner ,i was able1  looking to
 ,god all the while1 though it seemed to
 me ,i had but little  liberty1 yet     
there went an arrow from the bent bow of
 the gospel1 and  fastened in his till  
then obdurate heart4 ,after ,i had done 
speaking1 he  went out1 and called the  
people around him1 said that my         
preaching might  seem a small thing1 yet
 he believed ,i had the worth of souls  
at heart4  ,this language was different 
from what it was a little time before1  
as he  now seemed to admit that coloured
 people had souls1 as it was to these   
,i was chiefly speaking2 and unless they
 had souls1 whose good ,i had in  view1 
his remark must have been without       
meaning4 ,he now came into the  house1  
and in the most friendly manner shook   
hands with me1 saying1 he  hoped ,god   
had spared him to some good purpose4    
,this man was a great slave  holder1 and

 had been very cruel2 thinking nothing  
of knocking down a  slave with a fence  
stake1 or whatever might come to hand4  
,from this time  it was said of him that
 he became greatly altered in his ways  
for the  better4 ,at that time he was   
about seventy years old1 his head as    
white as  snow2 but whether he became a 
converted man or not1 ,i never heard4   
,the week following1 ,i had an          
invitation to hold a meeting at the     
,court  ,house of the ,county1 when ,i  
spoke from the #ec;d chap4 of ,isaiah1  
#c;d verse4  ,it was a solemn time1 and 
the ,lord attended the word2 ,i had life
 and  liberty1 though there were people 
there of various denominations4 ,here   
again ,i saw the aged slaveholder1 who  
notwithstanding his age1 walked  about  
three miles to hear me4 ,this day ,i    
spoke twice1 and walked six  miles to   
the place appointed4 ,there was a       
magistrate present1 who showed  his     
friendship1 by saying in a friendly     
manner1 that he had heard of  me3 he    

handed me a hymn-book1 pointing to a    
hymn which he had selected4  ,when the  
meeting was over1 he invited me to      
preach in a schoolhouse  in his         
neighborhood1 about three miles distant 
from where ,i then was4  ,during this   
meeting one backslider was reclaimed4   
,this day ,i walked six  miles1 and     
preached twice to large congregations1  
both in the morning and  evening4 ,the  
,lord was with me1 glory be to his holy 
name4 ,i next went  six miles and held a
 meeting in a coloured friend's house1  
at eleven  o'clock in the morning1 and  
preached to a well behaved congregation 
of  both coloured and white4 ,after     
service ,i again walked back1 which was 
in  all twelve miles in the same day4   
,this was on ,sabbath1 or as ,i         
sometimes  call it1 seventh day2 for    
after my conversion ,i preferred the    
plain  language of the ,friends4 ,on the
 fourth day1 after this1 in compliance  
with an invitation received by note1    
from the same magistrate who had  heard 

me at the above place ,i preached to a  
large congregation1 where we  had a     
precious time3 much weeping was heard   
among the people4 ,the same  gentleman1 
now at the close of the meeting1 gave   
out another appointment  at the same    
place1 that day week4 ,here again ,i had
 liberty1 there was a  move among the   
people4 ,ten years from that time1 in   
the neighborhood of  ,cape ,may1 ,i held
 a prayer meeting in a school house1    
which was then the  regular place of    
preaching for the ,episcopal            
,methodists1 after service1  there came 
a white lady1 of great distinction1 a   
member of the ,methodist  ,society1 and 
told me that at the same school house   
ten years before1  under my preaching1  
the ,lord first awakened her4 ,she      
rejoiced much to see  me1 and invited me
 home with her1 where ,i staid till the 
next day4 ,this  was bread cast upon the
 water1 seen after many days4    ,from  
this place ,i next went to ,dennis      
,creek meeting house1 where at the      

invitation of an elder1 ,i spoke to a   
large congregation of various and       
conflicting sentiments1 when a wonderful
 shock of ,god's power was felt1  shown 
everywhere by groans1 by sighs1 and loud
 and happy amens4 ,i felt as  if aided  
from above4 ,my tongue was cut loose1   
the stammerer spoke freely2  the love of
 ,god1 and of his service1 burned with a
 vehement flame within  me--his name was
 glorified among the people4    ,i had  
my little son with me1 and was very much
 straitened for money--and  not having  
means to procure my passage home1 ,i    
opened a ,school1 and  taught eleven    
scholars1 for the purpose of raising a  
small sum4 ,for  many weeks ,i knew not 
what to do about returning home1 when   
the ,lord  came to my assistance as ,i  
was rambling in the fields meditating   
upon  his goodness1 and made known to me
 that ,i might go to the city of        
,philadelphia1 for which place ,i soon  
embarked with a very kind captain4  ,we 
had a perilous passage--a dreadful storm

 arose1 and before leaving the          
,delaware bay1 we had a narrow escape   
from being run down by a large ship4    
,but the good ,lord held us in the      
hollow of his hand1 and in the afternoon
  of ,nov4 #ab1 #ahba1 we arrived at the
 city4    ,here ,i held meetings in the 
dwelling house of sister ,lydia         
,anderson1  and for about three months  
had as many appointments as ,i could    
attend4  ,we had many precious seasons  
together1 and the ,lord was with his    
little  praying band1 convincing and    
converting sinners to the truth4 ,i     
continued  in the city until spring1    
when ,i felt it impressed upon my mind  
to  travel1 and walked fourteen miles in
 company with a sister to meet with     
some ministers1 there to assemble1 from 
,philadelphia4 ,satan tempted me  while 
on the way1 telling me that ,i was a    
fool for walking so far1 as  ,i would   
not be permitted to preach4 ,but ,i     
pursued my journey1 with the            
determination to set down and worship   

with them4 ,when ,i arrived1 a goodly   
number of people had assembled1 and no  
preacher4 ,they waited the time to      
commence the exercises1 and then called 
upon me4 ,i took the #c;d chapter       
,john1 #adth verse for my text4 ,i had  
life and liberty1 and the ,lord was  in 
the camp with a shout4 ,another meeting 
was appointed three miles from  there1  
when ,i spoke from ,psalms cxxxvii1 #a1 
#b1 #c1 #d4 ,my master was with  me1 and
 made manifest his power4 ,in the       
,county ,house1 also1 we held a         
meeting1 and had a sweet waiting upon   
the ,lord4 ,i spoke from ,hebrews ii1   
#c1 when the ,lord gave me peculiar     
liberty4 ,at a dwelling house one night 
,i spoke from ,john vii1 #df1 when six  
souls fell to the floor crying for      
mercy4 ,we had a blessed outpouring of  
the spirit among us--the ,god of  ,jacob
 was in our midst--and the shout of     
heaven-born souls was like music  to our
 ears4    ,about the month of ,february 
my little son ,james1 then in his sixth 

year1 gave evidence of having religious 
inclinations4 ,once he got up  in a     
chair1 with a hymn book in his hand1 and
 with quite a ministerial  gesture1 gave
 out a hymn4 ,i felt the spirit move me 
to sing with him4 ,a  worthy sister was 
in the room1 who ,i asked to pray for   
him4 ,i invoked  the ,lord to answer and
 seal this prayer in the courts of      
heaven4 ,i  believed ,he would and did1 
and while yet on our knees ,i was filled
 with  the fulness of ,god1 and the     
answer came4 ,i cried out in the joy of 
my  heart--8,the dead is alive0--and ran
 down stairs to inform a neighbor4      
,tears  ran down the cheeks of my now   
happy boy1 and great was our rejoicing  
together4 ,he had been the subject of   
many prayers1 and often had ,i  thought 
,i would rather follow him to his grave 
than to see him grow up  an open and    
profane sinner like many children ,i had
 seen4 ,and here let  me say1 the       
promise of the ,lord is1 8ask and ye    
shall receive40 ,dear  parents2 pray for

 your children in childhood--carry them 
in the arms of  faith to the mercy seat1
 and there present them an offering to  
the  ,lord4 ,i can say from my own      
experience1 the ,lord will hear prayer4 
,i  had given ,james the ,bible as      
,haman gave ,samuel to ,god in his      
youth1 and  by his gracious favor he was
 received4 ,for the further             
encouragement of  fathers and mothers to
 engage in this blessed work1 let me    
refer them  to ,ecclesiastes xi1 #f3    
8,in the morning sow thy seed1 and in   
the evening  withhold not thy hand1 for 
thou knowest not whether shall prosper  
either  this or that1 or whether they   
both shall be alike good40        8,sow 
it in the youthful mind1        ,can you
 have a fairer field8      ,be it but in
 faith consigned1        ,harvest1      
doubtless1 it shall yield1      ,fruits 
of early piety1        ,all that ,god   
delights to see40    ,in ,november ,i   
journeyed for ,trenton1 ,n4 ,j4 ,at     
,burlington ,i spoke to the  people on  

the ,sabbath1 and had a good time among 
them1 and on ,monday the  #abth1 in a   
,school house4 ,sister ,mary ,owan1 who 
had laid aside all the  cares of the    
world1 went with me4 ,we had no means of
 travelling but on  foot1 but the ,lord 
regarded us1 and by some means put it   
into the heart  of a stranger1 to convey
 us to the ,trenton bridge4 ,we fell in 
with the  elder of the circuit1 who     
spoke to me in a cold and formal manner1
 and  as though he thought my capacity  
was not equal to his4 ,we went into the 
sister's house1 where we expected to    
stay1 and waited a long while with  our 
hats and cloaks on1 before the          
invitation to lodge there was given4    
,in the morning ,i had thought to visit 
,newhope1 but remained to discharge  my 
duty in visiting the sick and afflicted 
three or four days in the  neighborhood4
 ,i was invited to a prayer meeting1 and
 was called upon by a  brother to speak4
 ,i improved the offer1 and made some   
remarks from ,kings  xviii1 #ba4 ,one of

 the preachers invited me to preach for 
them on sixth  day evening1 which ,i    
complied with before an attentive       
congregation1 when  ,god followed the   
word with much power1 and great was our 
joy4 ,on the #agth  ,i spoke in the     
morning at #aa o'clock4 ,i felt my      
weakness and deficiency  for the work1  
and thought 8who is able for these      
things10 and desired to  get away from  
the task4 ,my text was ,timothy vi1     
#b-g4 ,the ,lord again cut  loose the   
stammering tongue1 and opened the       
,scriptures to my mind1 so  that1 glory 
to ,god's dear name1 we had a most      
melting1 sin-killing1 and  soul-reviving
 time4 ,in the afternoon ,i assisted in 
leading a class1 when  we found the     
,lord faithful and true--and on the same
 evening ,i spoke from  ,hebrews ii1 #c4
    ,the next day1 sister ,mary ,owan   
and myself set out for ,newhope1 where  
we arrived1 after walking sixteen miles1
 at about six o'clock in the  evening4  
,though tedious1 it was a pleasant walk 

to view the high mountain  and towering 
hills1 and the beauty and variety of    
nature around us1  which powerfully     
impressed my mind with the greatness and
 wisdom of my  ,maker4 ,at this place ,i
 stopt at the house of the gentleman    
with whose  wife's mother ,i was brought
 up1 and by whom we were agreeably      
received4  ,the next evening we called  
upon brother ,butler1 where ,i addressed
 a small  company1 and ,god1 through his
 words1 quickened some4 ,the next night 
,i  spoke in an ,academy to a goodly    
number of people1 from ,john iii1 #ad4  
,here  ,i found some very ill-behaved   
persons1 who talked roughly1 and said   
among  other things1 8,i was not a      
woman1 but a man dressed in female      
clothes40  ,i labored one week among    
them1 and went next to ,lambertsville1  
where we  experienced kindness from the 
people1 and had a happy time and parted 
in  tears4    ,i now returned to        
,philadelphia1 where ,i stayed a short  
time1 and went to  ,salem1 ,west        

,jersey4 ,i met with many troubles on my
 journey1 especially  from the elder1   
who like many others1 was averse to a   
woman's preaching4  ,and here let me    
tell that elder1 if he has not gone to  
heaven1 that ,i  have heard that as far 
back as ,adam ,clarke's time1 his       
objections to  female preaching were met
 by the answer--8,if an ass reproved    
,balaam1 and  a barn-door fowl reproved 
,peter1 why should not a woman reprove  
sin80 ,i  do not introduce this for its 
complimentary classification of women   
with  donkeys and fowls1 but to give the
 reply of a poor woman1 who had once    
been a slave4 ,to the first companion   
she said--8,may be a speaking woman  is 
like an ass--but ,i can tell you one    
thing1 the ass seen the angel when      
,balaam didn't40    ,notwithstanding the
 opposition1 we had a prosperous time at
 ,salem4 ,i  had some good              
congregations1 and sinners were cut to  
the heart4 ,after  speaking in the      
meeting house1 two women came up into   

the pulpit1 and  falling upon my neck   
cried out 8,what shall ,i do to be      
saved80 ,one said  she had disobeyed    
,god1 and he had taken her children from
 her--he had  called often after her1   
but she did not hearken4 ,i pointed her 
to the  all-atoning blood of ,christ1   
which is sufficient to cleanse from all 
sin1 and left her1 after prayer1 to his 
mercy4 ,from this place ,i walked       
twenty-one miles1 and preached with     
difficulty to a stiff-necked and        
rebellious people1 who ,i soon left     
without any animosity for their         
treatment4 ,they might have respected my
 message1 if not the poor weak  servant 
who brought it to them with so much     
labor4    8,if they persecute you in one
 city1 flee into another10 was the      
advice ,i  had resolved to take1 and ,i 
hastened to ,greenwich1 where ,i had a  
lively  congregation1 had unusual life  
and liberty in speaking1 and the power  
of  ,god was there4 ,we also had a      
solemn time in the meeting house on     

,sabbath  day morning1 and in a dwelling
 house in the evening2 a large company  
assembled1 when the spirit was with us1 
and we had a mighty shaking among  the  
dry bones4    ,on second day morning1 ,i
 took stage and rode seven miles to     
,woodstown1  and there ,i spoke to a    
respectable congregation of white and   
colored1  in a school house4 ,i was     
desired to speak in the colored meeting 
house1  but the minister could not      
reconcile his mind to a woman           
preacher--he  could not unite in        
fellowship with me even to shaking hands
 as christians  ought4 ,i had visited   
that place before1 when ,god made       
manifest his  power 8through the        
foolishness of preaching10 and owned the
 poor old  woman4 ,one of the brothers  
appointed a meeting in his own house1   
and  after much persuasion this minister
 came also4 ,i did not feel much like   
preaching1 but spoke from ,acts viii1   
#ce4 ,i felt my inability1 and was led  
to complain of weakness--but ,god       

directed the arrow to the hearts of the 
guilty--and my friend the minister got  
happy1 and often shouted 8,amen10  and  
8as it is1 sister40 ,we had a wonderful 
display of the spirit of ,god  among us1
 and we found it good to be there4      
,there is nothing too hard  for the     
,lord to do4 ,i committed the meeting   
into the hands of the elder1  who       
afterwards invited me to preach in the  
meeting house4 ,he had said he  did not 
believe that ever a soul was converted  
under the preaching of a  woman--but    
while ,i was laboring in his place1     
conviction seized a woman1  who fell to 
the floor crying for mercy4 ,this       
meeting held till #ab or #a  o'clock4 ,o
 how precious is the sound of ,jesus'   
name6 ,i never felt a doubt  at this    
time of my acceptance with ,god1 but    
rested my soul on his every  promise4   
,the elder shook hands1 and we parted4  
,nov4 #bb1 #ahbb1 ,i returned to        
,philadelphia1 and attended meetings in 
and  out of the city4 ,god was still my 

help1 and ,i preached and formed a      
class1 and tried to be useful4 ,the     
oppositions ,i met with1 however1 were  
numerous--so much so1 that ,i was       
tempted to withdraw from the ,methodist 
,church1 lest some might go into ruin by
 their persecutions of me--but this  was
 allowed only to try my faithfulness to 
,god4 ,at times ,i was pressed  down    
like a cart beneath its shafts--my life 
seemed as at the point of the  sword--my
 heart was sore and pained me in my     
body4 ,but the ,lord knows how  to      
deliver the godly out of temptation1 and
 to reserve the unjust till  the day of 
judgment to be punished4 ,while relating
 the feelings of my  mind to a sister   
who called to see me1 joy sprang up in  
my bosom that ,i  was not overcome by   
the adversary1 and ,i was overwhelmed   
with the love  of ,god and souls4 ,i    
embraced the sister in my arms1 and we  
had a melting  time together4 ,oh how   
comforting it is to have the spirit of  
,god bearing  witness with our spirits  

that we are his children in such dark   
hours6        ,when ,satan appears to   
stop up our path1      ,and fill us with
 fears1 we triumph by faith2      ,he   
cannot take from us1 7tho' oft he has   
tried17      ,the soul cheering promise 
the ,lord will provide4      ,he tells  
us we're weak1 our hope is in vain1     
,the good that we seek we ne'er shall   
obtain2      ,but when such suggestions 
our graces have tried1      ,this       
answers all questions1 the ,lord will   
provide4    ,i felt a greater love for  
the people than ever4 ,it appeared to me
 that  they erred through ignorance of  
my desire to do them good2 and my prayer
  was that nothing but love might appear
 in my ways1 and actuate my heart4      
,religion is love--,god is love4 ,but it
 was nothing less than the ,divine      
power that brought me through1 for it   
appeared that the hosts of darkness     
were arrayed against me to destroy my   
peace and lead me away from the  throne 
of love4    ,june #bd1 ,i left the city 

of ,philadelphia to travel in ,delaware 
,state4 ,i  went with captain ,ryal1 a  
kind gentleman1 who took me to his house
 in  ,wilmington1 and himself and lady  
both treated me well4 ,the first night  
of my arrival2 ,i preached in the stone 
,methodist meeting house4 ,i tried1  in 
my weak way1 to interest the assembly   
from the #b;d chapter of ,hebrews1  #c;d
 verse--8,how shall we escape1 if we    
neglect so great salvation40 ,god  was  
there1 as we had the most delightful    
evidence--and many had their  eyes      
opened to see there was no escape from  
the second death while out  of ,christ1 
and cried unto ,god for his saving      
grave4 ,i would that all who  have not  
embraced the salvation offered in the   
gospel1 might examine the  question     
candidly and seriously1 ere the         
realities of the other world  break up  
their fancied security4    ,in ,july ,i 
spoke in a ,school house to a large     
congregation1 from ,numbers  xxix1 #ag4 
,here we had a sweet foretaste of       

heaven--full measure1 and  running      
over--shouting and rejoicing--while the 
poor errand-bearer of a  free gospel was
 assisted from on high4 ,i wish my      
reader had been there to  share with us 
the joyous heavenly feast4 ,on the #aeth
 of ,july ,i gave an  exhortation in the
 meeting house again to a listening     
multitude--deep and  solemn were the    
convictions of many1 and good1 ,i trust1
 was done4    ,the next place ,i visited
 was ,newcastle4 ,the meeting house     
could not be  obtained1 and two young   
gentleman interested themselves to get  
the ,court  house1 but the ,trustees    
objected1 wishing to know why the       
,methodists did  not open their ,church4
 ,the reason was 8,i was not licensed10 
they said4 ,my  two friends waited on me
 to speak in the ,market house1 where ,i
 attended  at early candlelight1 and had
 the pleasure of addressing a few plain 
truths to a crowded but respectful      
congregation1 from ,john vii1           
#df--8,never  man spake like this man40 

,on ,sunday the same young gentlemen    
invited me  to give another discourse1  
to which ,i consented1 before a large   
gathering  of all descriptions4    ,from
 here ,i proceeded to ,christine1 where 
we worshipped in a dwelling  house1 and 
,i must say was well treated by some of 
my colored friends4  ,i then returned to
 ,wilmington1 where in a few days ,i had
 a message to  return again to ,c4 ,my  
friends said ,i should have the ,meeting
 house1 for  which ,squire ,luden       
interested himself1 and the appointment 
was published4  ,when the people met at 
the proper time1 the doors remained     
locked4 ,amid  cries of 8shame0 we left 
the ,church steps--but a private house  
was opened  a short distance up the     
road1 and though disappointed in        
obtaining egress  to a ,church1 the     
,lord did not disappoint his people1 for
 we were fed  with the bread of life1   
and had a happy time4 ,mr4 and ,mrs4    
,lewelen took  me to their house1 and   
treated me1 not as one of their hired   

servants1  but as a companion1 for which
 ,i shall ever feel grateful4 ,mr4      
,smith1 a  doctor1 also invited me to   
call upon them--he was a ,presbyterian1 
but  we prayed and conversed together   
about ,jesus and his love1 and parted   
without meddling with each others       
creeds4 ,oh1 ,i long to see the day when
  ,christians will meet on one common   
platform--,jesus of ,nazareth--and cease
  their bickerings and contentions about
 non-essentials--when 8our ,church0     
shall be less debated1 but 8our ,jesus0 
shall be all in all4    ,another family 
gave me the invitation to attend a      
prayer meeting4 ,it was  like a 8little 
heaven below40 ,from here ,i walked     
about four miles that  evening1         
accompanied by the house maid of ,mrs4  
,ford1 a ,presbyterian1  who said she   
knew her mistress would be glad to see  
me4 ,mrs4 ,f4 gave  me a welcome--said  
she felt interested in my speaking1 and 
sent a note  to a ,methodist lady1 who  
replied that my labor would be          

acceptable1 no  doubt1 in her ,church   
that afternoon4 ,when ,i came in1 the   
elder was in the  pulpit4 ,he gave us a 
good sermon4 ,after preaching1 this lady
 spoke of me  to the elder2 in          
consequence1 he invited me to his       
pulpit1 saying 8he was  willing that    
every one should do good40 ,my text was 
,hebrews ii1 #c4 ,though  weak in body1 
the good ,master filled my mouth and    
gave me liberty among  strangers1 and   
seldom have ,i spent so happy a         
,sabbath4 ,mrs4 ,f4 had a  colored woman
 in her family one hundred and ten years
 of age1 with whom ,i  conversed about  
religion--how ,christ had died to redeem
 us and the way of  salvation1 and the  
poor old lady said 8she wished she could
 hear me every  day40 ,i also called    
upon another1 one hundred and sixteen   
years old1 who  was blind4 ,we talked   
together about ,jesus--she had a strong 
and abiding  evidence of her new birth1 
and in a few weeks went home to heaven4 
,here  she was long deprived of the     

light of the sun1 and the privilege of  
reading ,god's blessed word2 but there  
her eyes are unsealed1 and the ,sun  of 
righteousness has risen with healing in 
his wings4        ,there glory beams on 
all the plains1        ,which sight to  
her is given--      ,there music rolls  
in sweetest strains1      ,and spotless 
beauty ever reigns1        ,and all is  
love in heaven4    ,i left ,mrs4 ,ford's
 and walked about three miles to ,st4   
,george1 with a  recommend to a ,mrs4   
,sutton1 a noble-minded lady of the     
,presbyterian  order1 where ,i was      
generously treated4 ,here ,i preached in
 the ,school  house to a respectable    
company--had considerable weeping and a 
profitable  waiting upon the ,lord4 ,i  
accepted an invitation from a gentleman 
to  preach in a ,methodist ,church three
 miles distant--found there a loving    
people1 and was highly gratified at the 
order and decorum manifested  while ,i  
addressed them4 ,mrs4 ,smith took me    
home with her1 who ,i found to  be a    

christian both in sentiment and action4 
,by invitation1 ,i went next  to ,port  
,penn1 and spoke with freedom1 being    
assisted of the ,lord1 to a  full house1
 and had a glorious feast of the        
,spirit4 ,the next night found  me at   
,canton ,bride1 to which place ,i had   
walked--spoke in a ,school house1  from 
,math4 xxii1 #da--8,what think ye of    
,christ80 ,the presence of the ,lord    
overshadowed us--believers              
rejoiced--some were awakened to believe 
well of  my ,master1 and ,i trust are on
 their way to glory4 ,in ,fieldsborough1
 also1  we had gracious meetings4    ,at
 ,smyrna ,i met brother ,c4 ,w4 ,cannon1
 who made application for the  ,friend's
 ,meeting house for me1 where the ,lord 
blessed us abundantly4 ,we  attended a  
,camp-meeting of the old connexion1 and 
got greatly refreshed  for the ,king's  
service4 ,i rode ten miles and delivered
 a message from the  ,lord to a waiting 
audience--the ,master assisted1 and     
seven individuals1  white and colored1  

prostrated themselves for prayer4 ,next 
day ,i rode  to ,middletown--spoke in a 
,school house to a white congregation   
from  ,isaiah lxiii1 #a1 and a good time
 it was4 ,in the morning at #aa o'clock1
 ,i  addressed a ,methodist ,society1   
and in the afternoon at #c o'clock1     
spoke  under a tree in the grave yard1  
by the road side1 to a large audience4  
,squire ,maxwell's lady1 who was        
present1 invited me home to tea with    
herself and nieces1 and a ,quaker lady  
showed her benevolence by putting  into 
my hand enough to help me on my journey4
 ,the ,lord is good--what  shall ,i do  
to make it known8 ,i rode seven miles   
that night1 and gave an  exhortation    
after the minister had preached1 and    
felt happier than a ,king4    ,i now    
travelled to ,cecil county1 ,md41 and   
the first evening spoke to a  large     
congregation4 ,the pastor afterwards    
baptized some adult persons--and  we all
 experienced the cleansing and purifying
 power4 ,we had a baptism  within and   

without4 ,i was next sent for by the    
servant of a white  gentleman1 to hold a
 meeting in his house in the evening4   
,he invited  the neighbors1 colored and 
white1 when ,i spoke according to the   
ability  ,god gave me4 ,it was pleasant 
to my poor soul to be there--,jesus was 
in  our midst--and we gave glory to     
,god4 ,yes1 glory--glory be to ,god in  
the  highest4 8,god forbid that ,i      
should glory1 save in the cross of our  
,lord  ,jesus ,christ40 ,i boast not    
myself4 ,paul may plant and ,apollos    
water1 but  ,god giveth the increase4 ,i
 tried also to preach three times at a  
place  #ad miles from here--had good    
meetings--backsliders were reclaimed and
  sinners convicted of sin1 who ,i left 
in the hands of ,god1 with the hope  of 
meeting and recognizing again 8when we  
arrive at home40           99       99  
99       99       99    ,returned back  
to ,middletown4 ,the next day the       
preacher of the circuit  conveyed me to 
his place of appointment at ,elkton4 ,we

 had a wonderful  outpouring of the     
spirit4 ,at ,frenchtown ,i spoke at #aa 
o'clock1 where ,i  realized my          
nothingness1 but1 ,god's name be        
praised1 he helped me in  the duty4     
,went again to ,middletown1 and from    
there to ,canton's ,bridge1  and talked 
to the people as best ,i could4 ,seven  
miles from this place  ,i found1 by the 
direction of a kind ,providence1 my own 
sister1 who had  been separated from me 
some thirty-three years4 ,we were young 
when last  we met1 with less of the     
cares of life than now4 ,each heart then
 was  buoyant with mildly hopes and     
pleasures--and little did we expect at  
parting that thirty-three years would   
pass over us1 with its changes and      
vicissitudes1 ere we should see each    
other's face4 ,both were much altered   
in appearance1 but we knew each other1  
and talked over the dealings of  the    
,lord with us1 retracing our wanderings 
in the world and 8the days  when life   
was young40        8,our days of        

childhood quickly pass1        ,and soon
 our happiest years are run--      ,as  
the pure dew that gems the grass        
,is dried beneath the summer sun4       
,there's such deceit--such guile in men1
      ,who would not be a child again80 
,during this visit ,i had three meetings
 in different directions in  gentlemen's
 houses1 and a prayer meeting at my     
brother's1 who did not  enjoy religion4 
,my good old friend ,mr4 ,lorton        
happened to be there1 who  told the     
people that he had been to my           
house--that he knew ,mr4 ,lee 7my       
husband7 intimately1 and that he had    
often preached for him while pastor  of 
the ,church at ,snow ,hill1 ,n4 ,j4     
,i next attended and preached several   
times at a camp meeting1 which          
continued five days4 ,we had pentecostal
 showers--sinners were pricked to  the  
heart1 and cried mightily to ,god for   
succor from impending judgment1  and ,i 
verily believe the ,lord was well       
pleased at our weak endeavors to  serve 

him in the tented grove4 ,the elder in  
charge1 on the last day of  the camp1   
appointed a meeting for me in a dwelling
 house4 ,spoke from  ,acts ii1 #da4 ,the
 truth fastened in the hearts of two    
young women1 who1  after ,i was seated1 
came and fell down at my side1 and cried
 for ,god to  have mercy on them--we    
prayed and wrestled with the ,lord1 and 
both were  made happy in believing1 and 
are alive in the faith of the gospel4   
,the  next morning a brother preacher   
took me to ,st4 ,georgetown4 ,from there
 ,i  took stage to ,wilmington1 and     
called on my friend ,captain ,rial1 in  
whose  family ,i spent two days and     
nights4 ,went to ,philadelphia to attend
 a  camp-meeting4 ,returned again to ,w1
 where ,i was taken sick with typhus    
fever1 and was in the doctor's hands for
 some days--but the ,lord rebuked  the  
disease1 gave me my usual health again1 
and ,i returned back to  ,philadelphia4 
,the ,bishop gave me an invitation to   
speak in ,bethel ,church2 but here my   

heart fluttered with fear at the        
commencement1 in a manner known but to  
those who feel their unworthiness in    
addressing new and large assemblies4    
,my text was in ,isaiah x4 #aj1 #aa4    
,previous to dismission1 the ,bishop    
gave  me another appointment in ,wesley 
,church for first day morning1 where ,i 
labored to encourage believers1 from    
,ephesians ii1 #ai4 ,the comforter  was 
with us--we were sprinkled as with clear
 water from above--the hands  of those  
that were hanging down were lifted up1  
and we truly had a  refreshing season4  
,glory to ,god for the manifestation of 
,his ,spirit4 8,now  therefore ye are no
 more strangers and foreigners1 but     
fellow-citizens  with the saints1 and of
 the household of ,god40    ,on the     
ensuing ,thursday night1 in ,union      
,church1 ,i had the opportunity of      
speaking a word for my ,saviour again1  
and recommenced the impenitent to  see  
to it that they took the advice of my   
text1 in ,rev4 iii1 #ah4 ,the ,lord     

searched the heart as he did ,jerusalem 
with a lighted candle1 and there  was a 
moving of the ,spirit among the people4 
,from ,philadelphia ,i travelled on foot
 thirty miles to ,downingtown1 and  gave
 ten sermons while there2 and remember  
the cold day in ,december ,i  walked    
sixteen miles from the above place to   
brother ,wells'1 where ,i  staid one    
week1 and labored both among colored and
 white4 ,they had one  class there4     
,three miles further1 ,i talked on      
,lord's day to an apparently  hardened  
people1 and next night preached in a    
,school-house1 after a ride  of ten     
miles4 ,the call of the ,lord was for me
 now to go to ,west ,chester1  ,n4 ,y41 
where ,i remained a little period with  
brother ,thomas ,henry and  brother     
,miller2 preached in a ,school-house and
 in the ,wesleyan ,methodist            
,meeting-house4 ,when prepared to go    
home1 a request was sent me to  preach  
in the ,court-house of the county1 to   
which ,i rode ten miles1 and  addressed 

the citizens on two evenings4 ,the ,lord
 strengthened his feeble  instrument in 
the effort to win souls to ,christ1 for 
which my heart at  this time was heavily
 burthened4 ,next morning ,i left for   
,westhaven1 where  ,i visited a ,school 
of boys and girls1 and was much pleased 
to see them  engaged and improving in   
their studies4 ,how great the difference
 now1  thought ,i1 for the mental and   
moral culture of the young than when ,i 
was  a child6    ,in the month of ,june1
 #ahbc1 ,i went on from ,philadelphia to
 ,new ,york with  ,bishop ,allen and    
several ,elders1 7including our present 
,rev4 ,bishop  ,brown17 to attend the   
,new ,york ,annual ,conference of our   
denomination1  where ,i spent three     
months of my time4 ,we arrived about    
nine o'clock  in the evening4 ,as we    
left the boat1 a person fell into the   
dock1 and  notwithstanding the effort   
made to save and find him1 he was seen  
no  more4 #8,in the midst of life we are
 in death4' ,on the #dth of ,june ,i    

spoke  in the ,asbury ,church1 from     
,psalms c1 #cc4 ,i think ,i never       
witnessed such  a shouting and rejoicing
 time4 ,the ,church had then but        
recently adopted  the ,african ,m4 ,e4  
discipline4 ,on the #eth ,i brought my  
master's message to  the ,bethel        
,church--,text ,isaiah lviii1 #a4 8,cry 
aloud1 spare not2 lift up  thy voice    
like a trumpet1 and show my people their
 transgressions1 and  the house of      
,jacob their sins40 ,the spirit of ,god 
came upon me2 ,i spoke  without fear of 
man1 and seemed willing even there to be
 offered up2 the  preachers shouted and 
prayed1 and it was a time long to be    
remembered4    ,june #f4 ,spoke in the  
,church in ,high ,street1 ,brooklyn1    
from ,jer4 ix1 #a--8,oh  that my head   
were waters1 and mine eyes a fountain of
 tears1 that ,i might  weep day and     
night for the slain of the daughter of  
my people40 ,in these  days ,i felt it  
my duty to travel up and down in the    
world1 and promulgate  the gospel of    

,christ1 especially among my own people1
 though ,i often  desired to be released
 from the great task4 ,the ,lord had    
promised to be  with me1 and my trust   
was in his strong arm4                  
,renouncing every worldly thing1        
,safe 'neath the shadow of thy wing1    
,my sweetest thought henceforth shall be
      ,that all ,i want ,i find in thee1
          ,in thee1 my ,god1 in ,thee4  
,i left my friend in ,brooklyn1 and went
 to ,flushing1 ,l4 ,i4 ,here we had     
quite a revival feeling1 and two joined 
society4 ,visited ,jamaica and          
,jericho2 spoke in brother ,b's         
dwelling1 in the church1 and under a    
tree4  ,went to ,white ,plains to the   
camp-meeting2 the ,lord was with us     
indeed2  believers were revived1        
backsliders reclaimed1 and sinners      
converted4  ,returned and spent a little
 time in ,brooklyn1 where ,i addressed  
the  people from ,rev4 iii1 #ah1 and    
,john iii1 #ae4    ,july #bb4 ,spoke in 
,asbury ,church from ,acts xiii1        

#da--8;,behold ye despisers1  and wonder
 and perish40 ,i pointed out the portion
 of the hypocrite1 the  liar1 the       
,sabbath-breaker1 and all who do        
wickedly and die in their sins2  they   
shall be to the judgment bar of         
,jehovah1 and before an assembled       
universe hear their awful sentence1     
8,depart from me1 ye cursed1 into       
everlasting fire1 prepared for the devil
 and his angels10 while the  righteous  
shall be received 8into life eternal40  
,on the #bhth ,i went to  ,dutch ,hill1 
,l4 ,i41 and spoke before a congregation
 of white and colored1  in a barn1 as   
there was no other suitable place4 ,i   
felt happy when ,i  thought of my dear  
,redeemer1 who was born in a stable and 
cradled in a  manger1 and we had a      
precious season4 ,brother ,croker1 of   
,brooklyn1 and  father ,thompson were   
with me1 at whose feet ,i desired rather
 to sit and  learn1 they being          
experienced 8workmen that needed not to 
be ashamed40  ,but the ,lord sends by   

whom he will4    ,the next ,sabbath ,i  
weakly attempted to address my friends  
in ,new ,york  again4 ,took the words in
 ,math4 xxviii1 #ac1 for my text--8,say 
ye1 his  disciples came by night1 and   
stole him away while we slept40 ,the    
place  was greatly crowded1 and many    
came who could not get in4 ,a class met 
here1 to which the preacher invited all 
who desired to remain1 and  thirty      
persons tarried4 ,he called upon me to  
lead1 but ,he who led ,israel  over the 
,red ,sea assisted1 and it was a        
gracious time with us4 ,some who        
remained from curiosity were made1 like 
,belshazzar1 to tremble and weep1  while
 the spirit strove powerfully with them4
 ,one experienced religion  and joined  
society4 ,i expect in the resurrection  
morning to meet many who  were in that  
little company1 in my ,father's house1  
where we shall strike  hands no more to 
part2 where our song of redemption shall
 be raised to  ,god and the ,lamb       
forever4 ,dear reader1 if you have not1 

,i charge you to  make your peace with  
,god while time and opportunity is      
given1 and be one  of that number who   
shall take part and lot in the first    
resurrection4  ,though ,i may never see 
you in the flesh1 ,i leave on this page 
my solemn  entreaty that you delay not  
to obtain the pardoning favor of ,god2  
that  you leave not the momentous       
subject of religion to a sick bed or    
dying  hour1 but now1 even now1 seek the
 ,lord with full purpose of heart1 and  
he  will be found of thee4 8,if any man 
sin1 he has advocate with the ,father1  
,jesus ,christ the righteous40          
8,oh that the world might taste and see 
,the riches of his grace2      ,the arms
 of love that compass me1        ,would 
all mankind embrace40    ,i visited a   
woman who was laying sick upon her      
death-bed4 ,she told me  8she had once  
enjoyed religion1 but the enemy had     
cheated her out of  it40 ,she knew that 
she must die in a very little while1 and
 could not  get well1 and her agony of  

soul1 in view of its unprepared state   
for a  judgment to come1 awoke every    
feeling of sympathy within me4 ,oh6 how 
loud such a scene calls upon us to be   
8faithful unto death0--then shall  we   
8receive a crown of life40 ,also visited
 ,mrs4 ,miller1 who once 8tasted  that  
the ,lord was good10 but had ceased now 
to follow him4 ,she had been a          
,methodist for many years--got her      
feelings injured through some untoward  
circumstance--had fallen from grace1 and
 now was sick4 ,a good sister           
accompanied me2 we conversed with ,mrs4 
,m41 sung an appropriate hymn1  and my  
friend supplicated the throne of grace  
in her behalf4 ,she had  frequently felt
 the need of a returning ,saviour1 and  
during prayer her  heart became melted  
into tenderness4 ,she cried aloud for   
mercy1 wrestled  like ,jacob for the    
witness1 and the ,lord1 faithful and    
true1 8healed her  backslidings10 and we
 left her happy in his father4 ,praise  
the ,lord for  his matchless grace4 ,i  

entertained no doubt of her             
well-grounded hope2  and on seeing such 
a display of ,god's power1 ,i was lost  
in wonder1 love  and praise4 ,let the   
backslider hear and take courage4 ,let  
all who are  out of ,christ hear the    
invitation--8,repent ye and be          
converted1 for ,god  hath called all men
 everywhere to repent40        8,without
 reserve give ,christ your heart1       
,let him his righteousness impart--     
,then all things else he'll freely give1
      ,with him you all things shall    
receive40    ,with a serene and tranquil
 mind ,i now returned to ,philadelphia4 
,the  ,bishop was pleased to give me an 
appointment at ,bethel ,church1 but  a  
spirit of opposition arose among the    
people against the propriety  of female 
preaching4 ,my faith was tried--yet ,i  
felt my call to labor  for souls none   
the less4 8,shall the servant be above  
his ,master80 ,the  ministers of ,jesus 
must expect persecution1 if they would  
be faithful  witnesses against sin and  

sinners--but shall they1 8awed by a     
mortal's  form1 conceal the word of     
,god80 ,thou ,god knowest my heart1 and 
that thy  glory is all ,i have in view4 
,shall ,i cease from sounding the alarm 
to  an ungodly world1 when the vengeance
 of offended heaven is about to be      
poured out1 because my way is sometimes 
beset with scoffers1 or those  who lose 
sight of the great ,object1 and stop on 
the road to glory to  contend about     
non-essentials8 ,rather let the         
messengers of ,god go on--let  them not 
be hindered by the fashions and customs 
of a gainsaying and  mis-loving         
generation1 but with the crown in view1 
which shall deck the  brow of those only
 who are 8faithful unto death0--let them
 8cry aloud  and spare not40 ,who       
regarded the warnings of ,noah8 who     
believed in his  report8 ,who among the 
antediluvians1 that witnessed the       
preparations of  this righteous man to  
save himself and family from a deluge of
 waters1  believed him any thing else   

than a fanatic1 deluded1 and beside     
himself8  ,let the servants of ,christ  
gird on the armor1 and listen to the    
,captain's  voice3 8,lo ,i am with you  
always1 even unto the end40 ,with the   
promise  of my ,lord impressed upon my  
mind1 ,i remained at home only a week1  
and  walked twenty-one miles to         
,lumbertown1 and preached in the ,old   
,methodist  ,church and our ,african    
,church4 ,brother ,joshua ,edely was    
then a deacon  there1 and held a        
quarterly meeting soon after my reaching
 the place4  ,he also appointed a       
love-feast in the morning1 when the love
 that true  believers enjoy at such     
scenes made the place akin to heaven4   
,while here  ,i spoke as the ,spirit    
taught me from ,solomon's ,songs4 ,it   
was a happy  meeting--refreshing to the 
thirsty soul--and we had a shout of the 
king in  the camp4 ,i shall never forget
 the kindness ,i received here from dear
  sister ,g4 ,b4 ,may the blessings of  
heaven be hers in this and the world to 

come4    ,i travelled seven miles from  
the above place to ,snow ,hill on       
,sabbath  morning1 where ,i was to      
preach in the ,church of which ,i was a 
member2  and although much afflicted in 
body1 ,i strove1 by the grace of ,god1  
to perform the duty4 ,this was once the 
charge of ,,joseph ,,lee4 ,in this  desk
 my lamented husband had often stood up 
before me1 proclaiming the  8acceptable 
year of the ,lord0--here he labored with
 zeal and spent his  strength to induce 
sinners to be 8reconciled to ,god0--here
 his toils  ended4 ,and could it be1    
that a poor unworthy being like myself  
should  be called to address his former 
congregation1 and should stand in the   
same pulpit6 ,the thought made me       
tremble4 ,my heart sighed when memory   
brought back the image1 and the         
reminiscences of other days crowded upon
  me4 ,but why1 my heart1 dost thou     
sigh8 ,he has ceased from his labor1 and
  ,i here see his works do follow4 ,it  
will be enough1 if these1 the people  of

 his care1 press on and gain the        
kingdom4 ,it will be enough1 if1 on  the
 final day1 8for which all other days   
were made10 we pass through the  gates  
into the city1 and live again together  
where death cannot enter1  and          
separations are unknown4 ,cease then1 my
 tears--a little while1 my  fluttering  
heart6 and the turf that covers my      
companion1 perchance1 may  cover thee--a
 little while1 my soul6 if faithful1 and
 the widow's ,god will  call thee from  
this valley of tears and sorrows to rest
 in the mansions  the ,saviour has gone 
to prepare for his people4 8,good what  
,god gives--just  what he takes away40  
,my mind was next exercised to visited  
,trenton1 ,n4 ,j4 ,i spoke for the      
people there1 but soon had felt the     
cross so heavy4 ,perhaps it was         
occasioned through grieving over the    
past1 and my feelings of loneliness  in 
the world4 ,a sister wished me to go    
with her to ,bridgeport--where  ,i found
 brother ,orwin1 then elder over that   

church4 ,he gave me an  appointment4 ,we
 had a full house1 and ,god's power was 
manifest among the  people1 and ,i      
returned to the elder's house rejoicing4
 ,the following day  ,i walked fourteen 
miles to a meeting1 where also we were  
greatly favored  with the presence of   
,god4 ,soon after this1 ,i thought of   
going home to  ,philadelphia4 ,i got    
about three miles on foot1 when an      
apparent voice  said 8,if thou goest    
home thou wilt die40 ,i paused for a    
moment1 and not  comprehending what it  
meant1 pursued my journey4 ,again ,i was
 startled  by something like a tapping  
on my shoulder1 but1 on turning round1  
,i  found myself alone1 which two       
circumstances created a singular feeling
 ,i  could not understand4 ,i thought of
 ,balaam when met by the angel in the   
way4 ,i was taken sick and it seemed ,i 
should die in the road4 ,i said ,i  will
 go back1 and walked about four miles to
 ,bridgeport4 ,told a good  sister my   
exercise1 who was moved with sympathy1  

and got brandy and  bathed me4 ,on      
,wednesday night ,i spoke to the people 
at ,trenton ,bridge1  and               
notwithstanding the opposition ,i had   
met with from brother ,samuel  ,r1 then 
on the circuit1 the ,lord supported the 
8woman preacher0 and my  soul was       
cheered4 ,on ,thursday ,i walked        
fourteen miles1 when the friends        
applied to the elder to let me talk for 
them1 but his prejudices also1  against 
women preaching were very strong1 and   
tried hard to disaffect the  minds of   
the people4 ,the dear man has since gone
 to stand before that  ,god who knows   
the secrets of all hearts--and where1 ,i
 earnestly pray1 he  may find some who  
have been saved by grace through the    
instrumentality of  female preaching4   
8,then here1 ,o ,god1 thy work fulfil2  
,and from thy mercy's throne      ,o    
grant me strength to do thy will1       
,and to resist my own40    ,norristown1 
,bucks county1 ,january #f1 #ahbd4      
,brother ,morris conveyed me  here at   

his own expense1 and made application   
for places for me to speak4  ,addressed 
a large congregation on the fourth day  
after my introduction  into the place1  
in the court-house1 from ,isaiah liiii4 
#a1--8,who hath  believed our report8   
and to whom is the arm of the ,lord     
revealed80 ,i  felt embarrassed in the  
commencement1 but the ,spirit came1 and 
8helped  our infirmities0--good         
attention1 and some weeping4 ,on the    
#ahth ,i spoke  in the academy--it was a
 solemn time1 and the people came out in
 numbers  to hear4 ,i then walked four  
miles to brother ,morris's--spoke twice 
in the  school-house1 and once in a     
dwelling house4    ,on the #adth ,april1
 ,i went with ,bishop ,allen and several
 elders to  ,baltimore1 on their way to 
attend ,conference2 at the end of which 
the  ,bishop gave me permission to      
express a few thoughts for my ,lord4 ,on
  leaving the city of ,b41 ,i travelled 
about #ajj miles to ,eastern ,shore1    
,maryland4 ,brother ,bailey was then    

laboring on that circuit1 who received  
and treated me very kindly4 ,we had     
several good meetings1 and twice ,i     
spoke in ,bethel ,church1 when the      
outpouring of the ,spirit was truly     
great4 ,in company with a good sister1  
who took a gig and horse1 ,i  travelled 
about three hundred miles1 and labored  
in different places4  ,went to ,denton  
,african ,church1 and on the first      
,sabbath gave two sermons4  ,the ,church
 was in a thriving1 prosperous          
condition1 and the ,lord blessed  the   
word to our comfort4 ,during the week ,i
 labored in the court-house  before a   
large concourse of hearers4 ,the ,lord  
was unspeakably good1 and  one fell to  
the floor under the power4    ,by       
request1 ,i also spoke in the ,old      
,methodist ,church in ,denton1 which    
was full to overflowing4 ,it was a happy
 meeting4 ,my tongue was loosened1  and 
my heart warm with the love of ,god and 
souls--a season yet sweet to  my memory4
 ,from there ,i went to                 

,greensboro'--the elder gave a sermon1  
after which ,i exhorted the poor sinner 
to prepare to meet the ,lord in  peace1 
before mercy was clear gone forever4    
,the ,old ,methodist connexion  gave an 
invitation for me to speak in their     
house1 which ,i embraced1  feeling      
thankful that the middle wall of        
partition had1 thus far1 been  broken   
down4 8,he that feareth ,god and worketh
 righteousness shall be  accepted of    
him0--not he who hath a different       
skin--not he who belongs to  this       
denomination1 or1 to that--but 8he that 
feareth ,god40 ,my ,master is  no       
respecter of persons4 ,may the partition
 walls that divide ,his sincere         
followers be broken down by the spirit  
of love4    ,in ,whitehall ,chapel ,i   
spoke to a respectable congregation1    
from ,isaiah  liii4 #a4 ,though in a    
slave country1 ,i found the ,omnipresent
 ,one was with  us4 ,dr4 ,clarke took us
 home to dine with his family--for which
 uncommon  attention ,i felt highly     

gratified4 ,i believe him a ,christian  
in heart1  and one1 no doubt1 who has   
read the words of the ,saviour3         
8,whosoever  shall give to drink unto   
one of these little ones a cup of cold  
water  only1 shall in no wise lose his  
reward40 ,and1 notwithstanding the      
doctor  was a ,presbyterian1 ,mr4 ,buly 
had the privilege of baptizing two of   
their  colored children4           99   
99       99       99       99    ,i     
stopped next at ,concord1 and in the    
,old ,methodist connexion tried to      
encourage the ,lord's people to         
persevere4 ,god displayed ,his power by 
a  general outpouring of the            
,spirit--sinners cried for mercy1 while 
others  shouted for joy4 ,spoke also to 
a congregation of colored and white at  
,stanton ,mills2 and arrived again at   
,eastern ,shore1 where ,i spoke in      
,bethel ,church during ,quarterly       
,meeting4 ,attended their love-feast1   
where  several joined society1 and many 
encouraging testimonies were given by   

young converts that 8,god hath power on 
earth to forgive sins40 ,may they  be   
faithful stewards of the manifold gifts 
of ,god--and never be ashamed  to       
confess what the ,lord had done for     
them4 ,many lose the witness out of  the
 heart by withholding their testimony   
from their friends and neighbors  of the
 power of ,god to save4 ,they run well  
for a season1 but the tempter  whispers 
8not now0--and by and by the soul       
becomes barren and unfruitful4  ,may    
,god help the young converts to 8watch10
 and tell around what a dear  ,saviour  
they have found4        8,ashamed of    
,jesus6--yes1 ,i may1        ,when ,i've
 no guilt to wash away--      ,no tears 
to wipe--no good to crave--        ,no  
fears to quell--no soul to save40       
,june #ajth1 #ahbd4 ,left ,eastern      
,shore for a journey to ,bath1 and went 
around the circuit with brother ,j4 ,b41
 the elder4 ,in the ,old ,methodist     
,church1 at ,fory's ,neck1 ,i had the   
privilege of speaking to a large        

congregation1 which was made the power  
of ,god unto salvation4 ,visited        
,lewistown1 and had a blessed meeting in
 the ,methodist ,church4 ,the tears  of 
the penitent flowed sweetly1 which      
always encourages me to persevere  in   
proclaiming the glad tidings of a risen 
,saviour to my fellow beings4  ,when the
 heart is thus melted into tenderness1  
,i feel assured the ,lord  sanctions the
 feeble effort of ,his poor servant--it 
is a good omen to my  mind that the     
mourner is not forsaken of ,god1 and    
that he yet stands  knocking at the door
 for admittance4 ,oh6 that those who    
weep for an  absent ,jesus may be       
comforted by hearing ,him say--8,thy    
sins1 which were  many1 are all forgiven
 thee3 go in peace and sin no more40    
,elder ,j4 ,b4 preached in ,greensboro'1
 where ,i attended1 and had a           
quickening time4 ,some enmity had       
existed among the brethren1 but the     
spirit of love got the ascendancy1 and  
the lion became as the lamb4 ,the       

gospel is the best remedy to subdue the 
evil passions of men that has  ever been
 discovered4 ,dear ,master1 let ,thy    
gospel spread to earth's  remotest      
bounds4    ,i have travelled1 in four   
years1 sixteen hundred miles and of that
 ,i  walked two hundred and eleven      
miles1 and preached the kingdom of ,god 
to the falling sons and daughters of    
,adam1 counting it all joy for the  sake
 of ,jesus4 ,many times cast down but   
not forsaken2 willing to suffer  as well
 as love4 ,i spoke at ,harris's ,mills1 
in a dwelling house1 to a  large        
concourse of people1 from ,paul's       
,epistle to the ,ephesians1 xviii4      
#ai-bj4 ,i felt much drawn out1 in the  
,spirit of ,god1 meanwhile from my      
feelings4 ,i observed there were some   
present that never would meet me  again4
 ,mr4 ,j4 ,b41 the elder1 then requested
 me to lead the class4 ,much  mourning1 
weeping and rejoicing4 ,four days       
afterwards1 a man that sat  under this  
sermon1 7a shoemaker by occupation7 fell

 dead from his bench  without having any
 testimony of a hope in ,christ4 ,how   
dreadful to relate  the wicked shall not
 live out half their days4 ,in ,easton  
,i spoke from  the ,evan4 ,john1 #a     
chap4 #de ver41 the ,lord's time4 ,then 
proceeded to  ,dagsberry1 #be miles1    
preached in ,bethel ,church to a        
multitude of people1  it being to them a
 new thing1 but only the old made more  
manifest4 ,bless  ,god for what my heart
 feels1 for a good conscience is better 
than a  sacrifice4 ,two sermons preached
 in said ,church1 ,i spoke from ,acts   
#ac  chap41 #da ver41--the power of ,god
 filled the place--some shouted1 others 
mourned1 some testified ,god for        
,christ's sake had forgiven sin1 whilst 
others were felled to the floor4 ,from  
thence we went to ,sinapuxom1 spoke  on 
,sabbath day to a large congregation    
from ,num4 #bd chap41 #ag ver1--the     
,lord gave light1 life and liberty on   
that portion of ,scripture4 ,great      
time4 ,the elder closed the meeting1 the

 memory of which will be sweet  in      
eternity4 ,i intended to take an        
appointment1 but being taken sick  the  
elder filled the appointment1 and while 
preaching1 there were #aj  or #aa white 
men came and said they wanted to see the
 preacher2 he sent  for them to come    
into the house1 but they seemed afraid  
or refused2  after he had finished1 they
 came to the door to know by what       
authority  he was preaching--but it was 
me they were after1 but ,i was          
fortified1  for their laws1 by my       
credentials1 having the ,united ,states 
seal upon  them1--they tried to get him 
out of the house1 they said1 on         
business4 ,but  he told them he would   
meet them at #i o'clock in the morning  
before the  magistrate1 seven miles     
distant4 ,brother ,j4 ,b4 then took my  
credentials  and also showed his own1   
and1 upon examination1 the magistrate   
said1 she  is highly recommended and ,i 
am bound to protect her4 ,an            
under-officer1  anxious to get hold of  

my papers1 very much opposed to our     
being in  the ,state1 tried hard to     
frighten us out of it1 and went to lay  
his  hands on it1 but was rebuked by the
 magistrate2 and two days after  the    
magistrate sent word to me to go on and 
preach1 he did not care  if ,i preached 
till ,i died4 ,i never met them but told
 the friends that  ,god would make an   
example of them before one year4 ,my    
mind led me to  ,solsbury and to ,snow  
,hill--the brother1 through persuasion1 
did not go1  for fear of some           
difficulty1 under which consideration ,i
 declined going  for that time1 ,i then 
returned to ,easton1 but my mind still  
led me to  pay that religious visit1    
which was still accomplished by a sister
 and  myself4 ,i called on brother      
,massey1 a preacher1 who conducted us to
 ,snow  ,hill and ,solsbury4 ,in the    
afternoon1 the elder and one of the     
,trustees  of the white ,methodist      
,church1 called on me to know of my     
faith and  doctrine1 and1 while         

conversing1 the spirit of the ,lord     
breathed upon  us--we had groans and    
shedding of tears--that evening the     
,elder gave me an  appointment in the   
colored church to a large congregation1 
and we had  a powerful time1 sinners    
awakened and backsliders reclaimed4 ,so 
great  was the time that the meeting    
lasted until three or four o'clock in   
the  morning4 ,it was like a ,camp      
meeting1 they came seven miles distance 
from  only three or four hours' notice4 
,next morning we left for ,snow ,hill1  
the  ,elder sent down for the friends to
 take care of us all1 and our board1    
with the horses1 should be paid for1    
consequently we were treated with  great
 hospitality4 ,i preached in the ,old   
,methodist ,church to an immense        
congregation of both the slaves and the 
holders1 and felt great liberty  in word
 and doctrine2 the power of ,god seemed 
without intermission4 ,we  left there   
and rode #af miles1 spoke to a small    
company of people4 ,in  the afternoon to

 a large congregation1 chiefly          
,presbyterians1 and at  many other      
places too tedious for me to mention1 ,i
 preached twenty-seven  sermons and then
 returned to ,easton again1 where ,i was
 informed that the  constable who was so
 enraged against me before was then     
dying2 the other  white man who came and
 set at the end of the table twice while
 ,i was  laboring1 thinking ,i would say
 something to implicate myself and      
wanted  me arrested so bad1 had been    
sold and his family broke up2 it is thus
 the  ,lord fights for ,israel4    ,i   
then made an appointment at a place     
called the ,hole in the ,wall1 it was  a
 little settlement of coloured people1  
but we had no ,church1 but used a       
dwelling house1 and had a large         
congregation4 ,i had no help but an old 
man1 one hundred and odd years of age2  
he prayed1 and his prayers made us  feel
 awful1 he died in the year #ahbe1 and  
has gone to reap the reward of  his     
labor2 freed from the toils and cares of

 life1 no more to labor under  a hard   
task master1 but to rest where the slave
 is freed from his master4  ,i strove   
then to fill the appointment at #aa     
o'clock in the morning1  from ,daniel #e
 chap4 #bg ver41 the declaration was1   
there is no other way  under heaven that
 men can be saved only through ,jesus   
,christ2 the ,lord  gave me great light 
on this subject4 ,at #c o'clock1 in the 
afternoon1  we stood in the open air in 
the woods1 and ,i spoke from #ab chap4  
#b-c  ver4 ,i felt greater liberty on   
this subject than the other2 the ,lord  
was  with me2 of a truth ,i felt the    
force of it now4 ,glory to ,god4 ,who   
can  constrain against the power of     
,god8 ,we had people of all             
descriptions1  from the true ,christian 
to the ,devil1 and from slave-holder to 
slave4 ,we  visited ,georgetown ,jail1  
saw four men there sentenced to be hung1
 two  white men and two colored2 one of 
the white men1 by the name of ,sharp    
had killed all his family1 except his   

oldest daughter2 she was the most       
hardened wretch ,i ever saw2 ,i read a  
chapter and conversed with them4  ,sharp
 treated it with contempt1 but the other
 answered with a degree of  humility2   
but they were hung according to the laws
 of their state4        ,but ,o1 their  
end1      ,their dreadful end6    ,i was
 invited by one of the ,trustees of the 
,old ,methodist ,church to pay  them a  
visit on the ensuing ,sabbath morning4  
,i made the appointment for  said day4  
,i left ,georgetown on the morning      
early1 half past ten o'clock  we arrived
 in ,milford2 ,church bell was ringing4 
,we were conducted into  the ,church2 a 
local preacher was in the pulpit and had
 prayed1 but was  asked to come down by 
another who invited me there4 ,i spoke  
for them and  afterwards they gave out  
for another appointment at night1 but it
 caused  a controversy among themselves1
 and they threw it on him to come and   
see if ,i would fill it4 ,previous to   
this the coloured preachers told me     

there was controversy about woman       
preaching4 ,but he came and asked me how
  long ,i had been preaching the        
,gospel4 ,i answered1 rising1 #e or #f  
years4  ,he said it was something new4  
,i told him it seemed to be supposed so4
 ,i  referred him to ,mrs4 ,fletcher1 of
 ,england1 an able preacher and wife of 
,mr4 ,fletcher1 a great and worthy      
minister of the ,parish4 ,he asked why  
,i  did not go to the ,quakers4 ,i told 
him ,i was sent to the ,methodists4 ,i  
asked if he had a sister in the ,church1
 and she witnessed a ,christian  life1  
and was called and qualified to preach1 
do you think you would be  justified    
before ,god1 to stop her8 ,he has not   
answered me yet4 ,i found  it was       
prejudice in his mind4 ,he talked as if 
he had not known what the  operation of 
the ,spirit of ,god was4 ,we may say1   
with propriety1 he had  not tarried at  
,jerusalem long enough4 ,when about to  
part1 he asked me if  ,i would come1 but
 ,i could not then promise4 ,at night1  

the people came in  their carriages from
 the country1 but were disappointed1 for
 ,i spoke in  a colored ,church4 ,the   
doors and windows were opened on account
 of the  heat1 but were crowded with    
people2 pride and prejudice were buried4
 ,we  had a powerful time4 ,i was quite 
taken out of myself--the meeting held   
till day-break2 but ,i returned to my   
home4 ,they told me that sinners  were  
converted1 backsliders reclaimed1       
mourners comforted1 and believers  built
 up in the most holy faith4 ,then they  
wished us to stay until next  night to  
preach again2 but ,i thought it best to 
leave them hungry4  ,previous to this ,i
 was sent for by a slave-holder to come 
to his house  to preach three funeral   
sermons1 all at one time1 two grown     
persons  and one child2 they had been   
dead about a year1 but their graves were
  only filled up even with the earth4 ,i
 spoke standing in the door of his      
dwelling to a great congregation1 from  
the #b ,book of ,samuel1 #ab chap4 #bc  

ver4--dwelling much on the certainty of 
the child's happiness1 through the      
redemption of ,christ--shewing how men  
might be saved living in accordance     
with the truth4 ,when finished we fell  
in procession and moved to the  graves  
of the departed4 ,brother ,massey       
rehearsed the funeral ceremony1  then   
the graves were raised and made oval1 as
 usual1 a most affecting  scene1 one of 
the deceased being the mother of two    
little girls there  present4 ,they were 
so affected1 it seemed they would go in 
fits2 several  persons tried to pacify  
them1 but in vain4 ,it was a solemn     
time2 many  were deeply affected that   
day at the graves1 and mourning of the  
whites  in the house1 but they treated  
us kindly1 and we left them1 visiting   
many places too tedious to mention4 ,i  
met a ,camp meeting of the ,african     
,methodist ,episcopal ,church at        
,denton4 ,the ,elder was much encouraged
 in  commencing the ,camp4 ,although in 
a slave ,state1 we had every thing in   

order1 good preaching1 a solemn time1   
and long to be remembered4 ,some  of the
 poor slaves came happy in the ,lord2   
walked from #bj to #cj1 and  from that  
to seventy miles1 to worship ,god4      
,although through hardships  they       
counted it all joy for the excellency of
 ,christ2 and1 before day1  they1 or a  
number of them1 had to be at home1 ready
 for work2 but some  said they came as  
sinners before ,god1 but went away as   
new creatures in  ,christ2 and they     
could not be disputed4 ,my heart glows  
with joy while ,i  write2 truly ,god is 
inscrutable4 ,the ,elder1 ,j4 ,b4 then  
appointed a ,camp  meeting within five  
miles of ,easton1 too near the town1 but
 it was done  to glorify ,god4 ,yet it  
seemed there was not that general good  
done like  the previous time4 ,he gave  
me an appointment on ,sunday afternoon2 
to  myself ,i appeared lost2 thought ,i 
was doing nothing1 but the south wind   
from the hill of the ,lord began to blow
 upon the spices of his garden4  ,the   

power of ,god arrested a person who     
started to run1 but fell in the  flight1
 and begged ,god for mercy and obtained 
it4 ,after the sermon1  which was the   
first of my being apprized of it1 but no
 merit to me1  but all glory to ,god1   
for the good done at ,camp meetings1    
though much  persecuted1 but they are a 
glorious meeting to me4 ,i pray ,god to 
protect  the camp-meetings while ,i     
thank him for the invention4 ,various   
are the  operations of the ,spirit of   
,god on the human family4 ,we must      
believe in  the truth of ,god1 and then 
we can behold the mysteries and enjoy   
the  truth of them with joy and         
thanksgiving4 ,i went to speak about #aj
 miles  from ,centreville at early      
candle light--warm weather--in a        
dwelling house1  the largest            
congregation being out-of-doors4 ,i felt
 an open mind1 the  power of ,god fell  
upon the assembly in open air1 and ,i   
heard an awful  cry4 ,a woman had       
started1 jumped over the fence and run1 

but fell and  rose again2 that woman    
contended until she found redemption in 
,jesus  ,christ4 ,i went to a place     
called ,beaver ,dams and spoke there2   
left there  for ,hillsborough1 and spoke
 there to a large congregation2 from    
there  to ,greensborough1 and preached  
in white ,methodist ,church4 ,the visit 
not  so prosperous2 from there to       
,boomsborough4 ,we were much favoured   
and  approbated by the people1 and      
blessed with the presence of the ,lord  
in  power4 ,i then preached at ,cecil   
,cross roads in an old meeting house1   
almost down1 to a large congregation1   
and it was warm4 ,i was informed a      
gentleman rode fourteen miles to attend 
that meeting4 ,previous to this  the    
,methodists had almost died away1 a very
 few excepted at that place1  but from  
that time they took a rise as ,i was    
informed by two young ladies  from      
there4 ,in about #e years after ,i left 
they built a large ,church on  that same
 spot where the old one stood1 and had a

 fine congregation2 from  there brother 
,j4 ,b4 appointed a ,quarterly ,meeting 
on ,mr4 ,john ,peaker's  ,island1 for a 
society of #fj members1 which was       
composed altogether of the  said        
gentleman's slaves4 ,we were entertained
 in the best of style1 had  a powerful  
meeting1 and a great manifestation of   
the power of ,god4 ,from  there we      
returned to ,easton a second time1 and  
were entertained by the  overseer very  
highly at ,mr4 ,john ,peakey's ,island4 
,went to ,baltimore1 from  there ,i     
visited ,hales' ,mills1 and preached    
three sermons1 much favored of  the     
,lord by his presence1 after which ,i   
returned to ,baltimore4 ,the elder  gave
 me an appointment and collection1 and  
,i returned to ,philadelphia4  ,and on  
,sunday morning ,bishop ,allen gave me  
an appointment in ,bethel  ,church1 and 
we had a shout in the ,camp of ,israel4 
,i had spent six months in ,maryland and
 ,i only remained in this city three  or
 four weeks1 during which time the ,lord

 was with me1 and opened my way  through
 opposition1 but ,i felt willing to     
suffer cheerfully4        ,through      
tribulations deep      ,the way to glory
 is4    ,i also preached in the ,union  
,church1 the ,lord verified his promise 
according to what he told ,mary1 to go1 
he would meet her1 whomsoever ,i  will  
put forth ,i will go before1 so there   
was a shaking among the dry  bones4 ,my 
mind soon became oppressed and craved to
 travel4 ,in #ahbe ,i left              
,philadelphia for a journey through     
,pennsylvania4 ,i spoke first at        
,weston2  we had an elder on ,west      
,chester ,circuit1 named ,jacob         
,richardson4 ,we had  buried a young    
,christian before preaching the sermon1 
and gave me the  sacrament sermon in the
 afternoon4 ,i spoke from ,matt4 #bf    
chap4 #bf-bg ver4  ,i felt as solemn as 
death2 much weeping in the ,church1     
tears stole down  the faces of the      
people4    ,jacob ,richardson was a     
spiritual preacher4 ,god attended the   

word with  power1 and blessed his labors
 much on his circuit4 ,from there a     
friend  carried me to ,downingtown1     
where ,i took stage and went on to      
,lancaster2  but prospect not so good   
there2 they had a new ,church but not   
paid  for2 the proprietor took the key  
in possession and deprived them of      
worshipping ,god in it4 ,but ,i spoke in
 a dwelling house1 and ,i felt a  great 
zeal for the cause of ,god to soften    
that man's heart1 or kill him  out of   
the way2 one had better die than many4  
,brother ,israel ,williams1 a  few days1
 called to converse with him on the     
subject1 and he gave him the  key2 he   
was then on his death-bed1 and died in a
 short time afterwards1  and we must    
leave him in the hands of ,god1 for he  
can open and no man  can shut4 ,i went  
on to ,columbia and spoke in the        
,church1 and my tongue  fails to        
describe the encouragement ,i met with4 
,the ,lord converted poor  mourners1    
convicted sinners1 and strengthened     

believers in the most holy  faith4      
,god's name be glorified for the display
 of his saving power4 ,i led  class1    
held prayer meetings1 and left with a   
good conscience for little  ,york4 ,the 
first sermon ,i preached was in the     
,church at #aj o'clock in the  morning1 
from ,mat4 xxvi1 #bf1 #bg1 to a large   
congregation4 ,my faith it  seemed      
almost failed me1 for when ,i got in the
 stand1 so hard was the  task that ,i   
trembled1 and my heart beat heavy1 but  
in giving out the  hymn ,i felt strength
 of mind1 and before ,i got through1 ,i 
felt so much  of life and liberty in the
 word1 ,i could but wonder1 and in the  
doctrine  of ,christ it was a           
sacramental sermon indeed to my soul4 ,i
 spent some  weeks there1 and we enjoyed
 good meetings and powerful outpourings 
of  the ,spirit4 ,i truly met with both 
good and bad2 my scenes were many and   
my feelings various4 ,i bless the ,lord 
that the prayers of the righteous       
availeth much4 ,after freeing my mind1  

,i passed on to ,york ,haven1 and       
preached in a ,school-house to a white  
congregation2 ,i was not left alone1    
but was treated very well by a white    
,methodist lady4 ,i took lodgings at    
her house all night2 next afternoon took
 stage for ,harrisburg1 and when ,i     
stopped at the ,hotel a gentleman       
introduced me to the ,steward1 who took 
charge of me and escorted me to ,mr4    
,williams1 where ,i took supper4 ,it was
  on a ,new ,year's evening2 the colored
 congregation had expected me and  made 
a fire in our ,church1 but being late   
when ,i arrived1 they had gone  to hear 
a sermon in a white ,methodist ,church1 
and ,i had retired to rest  a while in  
the evening4 ,when they returned they   
came after me1 taking  no excuse1 and ,i
 had to come down stairs1 go to the     
,church1 and preach  a sermon for them1 
then #aj o'clock at night4 ,the text    
from ,acts xv1 #cf4  ,hymn #bejth1 as   
follows3        ,and now my soul another
 year        ,of thy short life is past1

      ,i cannot long continue here1     
,and this may be the last4    ,the      
effects of the gospel of ,christ was no 
less than at other  great seasons1 but  
was wonderful--backsliders reclaimed and
 sinners  converted--there was mourning1
 weeping1 shouting and praising of ,god 
for  what he had done4 ,i preached      
several sermons1 and was well treated by
 all  circles of people4 ,we had large  
congregations of well-behaved people2   
and  feeling my work done in this part1 
,i proceeded to ,carlisle1 ,pa4 ,there  
was a small body of members2 ,i spoke   
and led class for them during the  time 
,i was there1 which was ten days2 felt  
my discharge of ,god1 and took  stage to
 ,shippensburg4 ,there was great success
 at this place2 fifteen  joined the     
,church2 some of the most hardened      
sinners became serious and  reformed4 ,i
 was astonished at the wonderful        
operations of the ,spirit1 and  the     
immense congregations4 ,at the first    
sermon the house was crowded1  and ,i   

had the good attention of the people4 ,a
 man came into the house  intoxicated1  
and offered to interrupt by speaking1   
but a gentleman  put him out so quietly 
that it had no effect upon the meeting4 
,when ,i  contemplate the goodness of   
,god to the human family1 in putting    
them in a  proper capacity of choosing  
the way of salvation1 ,i feel sometimes 
almost  lost1 to think that ,god has    
called such a worm as ,i to spread the  
common  ,saviour's name4 ,but said the  
,lord1 8,i will send by whom ,i         
will0--praise  the ,lord who willeth not
 the death of sinners--8as ,i live1     
saith the ,lord1  ,i have no pleasure in
 the death of the wicked1 but that they 
turn and  live40    ,i then proceeded on
 to ,chambersburg by stage1 and met with
 one ,rev4  ,winton1 who displayed much 
of a christian disposition1 and         
conversed  freely with me on the most   
particular points of the ,god-,head1 for
 my  instruction1 showing his           
benevolence4 ,he knew ,i was a          

stranger--he had  friends to go to at   
that place1 but he offered to pay my    
bill for a room  at the ,inn4 ,i never  
have forgot the goodness of that        
gentleman1 who1 ,i  believe1 to be a    
great gospel minister4 ,i stopt at      
brother ,snowden's1  who were very kind 
to me4 ,the ,lord continued to pour out 
,his ,spirit  and clear the way for me1 
and also continued to convict1 convert1 
and  reclaim the backsliders in heart4  
,there were very large congregations1   
both in and out of doors1 and great     
revivals throughout the circuit4 ,the   
elders generally treated me well1 for   
which may the ,lord bless them and      
their labors in his vineyard1 and add to
 the ,church such as shall be  forever  
saved from the power of sin--may ,i take
 heed lest ,i fall1 while  ,i teach     
others4 ,saith the ,apostle3 8,paul may 
plant and ,apollos water1  but ,god must
 give the increase10 for which ,i feel  
thankful4 ,i remained  in this place for
 some weeks1 but being debilitated in   

body1 ,i left for  ,philadelphia about  
the middle of ,april4 ,on my return1 ,i 
met with such a  severe trial of        
opposition1 that ,i thought ,i never    
would preach again1  but the ,apostle   
says1 8ye are not your own but are      
bought with a price40  ,i feel glad that
 ,god is able to keep all that put their
 trust in him1  though the mis-steps of 
others often interrupt our own way--,i  
always  found friends on different parts
 of ,globe4 ,i preached and led classes 
on my return4 ,praise ,god for his      
delivering grace--8,oh the depth of the 
riches0 of the glory of ,god1 how       
unsearchable are his ways2 they are past
  finding out--a sea without bottom or  
shore4 ,one thing is encouraging1       
8,when he who is my life shall appear1  
,i shall be like him40 8,i know my      
,redeemer liveth1 and shall stand on the
 latter day upon the earth1 and  though 
worms destroy this body1 yet in my flesh
 shall ,i see ,god40 ,lord  help me to  
keep this confidence4 ,rev4 ,richard    

,williams1 a gentle and                 
christian-minded man1 treated me well4  
,god would not suffer me to be          
destroyed4 ,it is not by might or by    
power1 but by the ,spirit1 saith the    
,lord of hosts4 ,dear reader1 give ear  
to the truth1 for the mouth of the      
,lord has spoken it4        ,if such a  
worm as ,i can spread        ,the common
 ,saviour's name1      ,let him who     
raised thee from the dead1              
,quicken my mortal frame4    ,on my     
return ,i stopped at ,lancaster2 the    
,church was opened1 and ,i  preached to 
large congregations1 and with powerful  
success2 the dead were  brought to life 
by the preaching of the cross of        
,christ4 ,from there ,i  left for       
,philadelphia4    ,in ,july1 #ahbd1 ,i  
felt an exercise of mind to take a      
journey to ,reading1  ,pa41 to speak to 
the fallen sons and daughters of ,adam4 
,i left the city  and stopped at        
,norristown on my way to ,reading4 ,i   
spoke in the ,academy  to a respectable 

congregation1 the same evening ,i       
arrived there4 ,i felt  a degree of     
liberty in speaking1 though it was a    
quiet meeting1 and ,i  also felt        
thankful that the ,lord would manifest  
himself through such a  worm as me4     
,next morning ,i walked four miles and  
stopped at ,littleton  ,morris's1 and   
preached two sermons on the ,sabbath    
day1 and ,god struck  a woman1 and she  
had liked to have fallen to the floor2  
,i spoke in the  ,dunkard's meeting     
house4 ,this ended my visit with them at
 this time4 ,on  ,tuesday ,i walked     
three miles to ,schuylkill1 to take the 
,canal boat on  ,wednesday morning4 ,i  
met in company with a ,presbyterian     
minister and lady  on the boat2 they    
treated me very kindly indeed4 ,we      
arrived in ,reading  about #g o'clock in
 the evening4 ,i was recommended to a   
family in that  place1 the man of which 
had once confessed religion1 but had    
fallen from  grace1 and they were very  
kind to me4 ,the next morning ,i        

enquired for  other respectable families
 of color1 and an elderly lady of color 
that  belonged to the white connexion1  
and the only colored ,methodist in the  
place at that time1 conveyed me to ,mrs4
 ,murray's1 where ,i remained a  while2 
then the elderly lady1 just mentioned1  
feeling interested for me1  went to the 
proprietors of the ,court-house with me1
 to see if we could  get it to preach   
in1 and like ,esther the ,queen1 who    
fasted and prayed1  and commanded the   
men of ,jerusalem and the women of ,zion
 to pray2 as she  approached the ,king  
the sceptre was bowed to her1 and her   
request was  answered to the saving of  
,mordecai1 and all the ,jewish nation4  
,when we  approached this gentleman1 who
 was the head ,trustee of the           
,protestant  ,church1 ,i showed him my  
recommendation1 and he answered me1     
8,madam1 you  can have it10 and ,i felt 
humble to ,god for the answer4 ,i felt  
it my  duty to preach to the citizens1  
and accordingly made an appointment for 

,sunday afternoon at #d o'clock4 ,rev4  
,james ,ward1 a colored ,presbyterian1  
assembled with us1 although he was so   
prejudiced he would not let me in  his  
pulpit to speak2 but the ,lord made a   
way where there was no way to be  seen2 
there was no person to intercede until  
this sister tried to open  the way2 the 
men of color1 with no spirit of         
christianity1 remained idle  in the     
enterprize1 but we got possession and we
 had a large concourse  of people4 ,i   
spoke with the ability ,god gave me4 ,i 
met with a family of  color1 but very   
respectable1 that formerly had belonged 
to our ,church  in ,baltimore2 they     
invited me to their house1 and it was a 
home to me1  praise ,god4 ,i held a     
meeting in their house previous to      
holding meetings  in the ,court-house2  
the white brethren and sisters assembled
 with us4 ,we  called on a minister's   
lady1 and she treated me very kindly1   
while he1  like a ,christian1 united and
 helped to go through with the meetings4

 ,i  visited the ,quaker friends        
7amounting to four only7 then in the    
place1  and very pleasant visits they   
were4 ,a great number of christian      
friends  called on me1 among the rest   
this minister's lady1 who left a        
donation  in my hand1 consequently the  
way was made where there was no way1 but
 ,i  left in friendship4 ,praise ,god ,i
 feel the approbation now4 ,it is to be 
lamented1 that ,james ,ward1 colored1   
with his over-ruling prejudice1 which   
he manifested by saying no woman should 
stand in his pulpit1 and with all  the  
advantages of a liberal education1 was  
in a few weeks after ,i left  there1    
turned out of the ,church4    ,on       
returning to ,philadelphia1 ,i stopped  
at ,pottsgrove and found a ,society  of 
colored persons1 christians ,i believe4 
,we had solemn meetings there2  ,i felt 
strength of mind4 ,i met kind friends   
there1 and visited a ,church  about six 
miles off2 preached in the morning2 the 
,lord was with us2 of  this truth my    

soul is a witness2 in the afternoon ,i  
preached to a large  congregation4 ,next
 morning ,i left for ,philadelphia4 ,i  
continued to  preach1 paid some short   
visits about1 and was welcomed home     
again4    ,i left ,philadelphia again   
for ,lewistown1 ,del41 to attend a camp 
meeting  of the ,african ,methodist     
,episcopal connexion1 of which ,i was a 
member1 to  be held in ,gov4 ,paynter's 
,woods4 ,there was immense large        
congregations1  and a greater display of
 ,god's power ,i never saw4 ,the people 
came from  all parts1 without           
distinction of sex1 size1 or color1 and 
the display  of ,god's power commenced  
from singing2 ,i recollect a brother    
,camell  standing under a tree singing1 
and the people drew nigh to hear him1   
and  a large number were struck to the  
ground before preaching began1 and      
signs and wonders followed4 ,there      
appeared to be a great union with the   
white friends4 ,james ,towson was the   
,elder holding the camp2 he was in the  

bloom of the gospel of ,christ4 ,but    
poor brother1 may the ,lord give him a  
,peter's look by the way of mercy4      
,right ,rev4 ,bishop ,allen was present4
  ,the ministry were all for me1 and the
 ,elder gave me an appointment1 and  the
 ,governor with a great concourse came  
to hear the weak female4 ,my  heart     
beat1 my limbs trembled1 and my voice   
was faint1 but ,i spoke from  ,eccles4  
xi1 #i1 #aj4 ,after ,i took my text1 it 
appeared to me as if ,i had  nothing to 
do but open my mouth1 and the ,lord     
filled it1 consequently ,i  was much    
encouraged3 it was an immense assembly  
of people4        ,content with         
beholding his face1        ,i all to his
 pleasure resigned4    ,after the       
camp-meeting was over1 the ,elder       
visited another camp-meeting1  and left 
me in liberty to preach around the      
circuit1 which ,i did1  and afterwards  
returned to ,lewistown1 and spoke in the
 old ,methodist  meeting-house2 ,i had a
 great time among my colored brethren4  

,i feel  thankful to my friends for     
their kindness to me1 especially to     
brother  ,peter ,lewis1 whose house was 
a home to me4 ,i had much happiness in  
leading class and prayer meetings2      
preaching the gospel seemed to be  the  
great task4 ,brother ,lewis conveyed me 
to ,georgetown2 ,i spoke in our  colored
 people's ,church1 and we enjoyed       
ourselves very much2 the ,lord  drew    
people from all quarters2 a wonderful   
outpouring of the ,spirit  indeed2      
weeping in all directions4 ,it is a good
 sign to see tears of  contrition       
stealing down the cheeks of the hearers2
 it makes me believe  the word is       
sanctioned4 ,the last place was at the  
head of the river2 ,i  then returned to 
,lewistown1 and in a few days ,i left   
for ,philadelphia4  ,i had a very       
uncomfortable passage2 very sea-sick    
indeed--the vessel  could not come out  
of the mouth of the creek for a couple  
of days1 in  consequence of a severe    
storm1 after which we arrived in the    

city on  ,tuesday morning4 ,after a     
short stay in the city1 ,i took a visit 
to  ,trenton1 ,dec4 #be4 ,i spoke as    
usual1 for there we had lively meetings1
  after which ,i had no home1 but the   
,lord provides1 for sister ,roberts and 
family were my friends and took me in1  
and we often had sweet counsel          
together4 ,from there ,i went to        
,princeton4 ,the ,elder1 ,joseph        
,harper1 of  our connexion1 was a friend
 to me1 but ,i had to withstand a beast 
at  ,princeton1 in opposition1 like the 
one ,i had to front on ,bucks county    
circuit2 the former named ,thomas       
,voris1 a local preacher1 and using the 
language of the ,psalmist prophesying in
 reference to the ,saviour1 8mine       
equal1 my guide hath lifted up his heel 
against me40 ,we had preached--he       
invited me to come to his house to hold 
meetings the next week1 but ,i was      
taken sick for a few days1 but in the   
interval1 ,s4 ,r41 of ,attleborough     
,circuit1 had a ,quarterly meeting4     

,they consulted together to stop me from
  preaching in ,princeton2 so his door  
was shut1 but bless the ,lord1 another  
was opened1 ,brother ,thomas ,vinsant1  
his sister's husband1 a ,christian  man1
 opened his house4 ,we had a powerful   
time4 ,i came in the town on  ,saturday1
 the next day ,i walked two miles and   
spoke twice4 ,it was ,thomas'           
appointment on ,sabbath morning1 and he 
had but two persons to meet him  in     
class4 ,an invitation came to me to make
 an appointment for ,wednesday  night in
 the ,coloured ,presbyterian ,church1   
upon the grant of ,rev4 ,mr4  ,woodhall1
 elder of that order in ,princeton4     
,thos4 ,vorris1 though a  ,methodist1   
was like a roaring lion--went to ,elder 
,woodhall for him to stop  it1 as ,i was
 informed4 ,but the meeting went on1 it 
was a respectable1 and  comfortable     
congregation4 ,i preached and led class 
and prayer meetings1  and read1 and     
explained the ,scriptures4 ,we had      
mourning and rejoicing1  and ,i saw the 

kingdom of ,satan fall4 ,when ,brother  
,j4 ,h4 came round again1  from some    
cause1 he removed ,thomas from that     
class1 as they would not  meet him1 and 
placed him over one of five or six      
persons2 also impeached  him1 taking his
 license from him1 and left him only    
verbally licenced4  ,glory to ,god for  
his ,divine power4 ,i do not rejoice for
 his downfall1  but for ,god's grace    
which enables me to stand against the   
enemies of  the ,cross4 ,glory to ,god1 
,i am not ashamed of the ,gospel of     
,christ1 for  it is the power of ,god   
unto salvation4 ,i spoke from ,ephe4    
#b;d chap4 #hth  ver4 ,i felt life and  
liberty in word and doctrine4 ,thank    
,god for the  victory1 ,brother ,oakham1
 one of the ,elders of the ,coloured    
,presbyterian  ,church1 invited me to   
their house1 and himself and wife       
treated me like  ,christians1 which1 ,i 
believe1 they were2 my heart glows      
toward them4 ,i  held a meeting in a    
dwelling house4    ,jan41 #ahbg4        

,contemplating on the great             
responsibility ,i owe to my ,god  for my
 stewardship1 ,i fain would go round the
 ,cross or shrink beneath  the load1 but
 ,i rest upon the promises of ,god1     
which are as firm of the  pillars of    
heaven4 ,my labors here cease a little4 
,april1 #ahbg4 ,my health having been   
bad1 ,i have not travelled so largely1  
and in this1 as in some other moments of
 reflection1 ,i felt somewhat           
oppressed1 and ,i resorted to the ,hymn 
,book for something to suit my          
feelings2 the poetry as follows3        
#a4 ,soon as ,i heard my ,father say1   
,ye children seek my grace1          ,my
 heart replies1 without delay1          
,i'll seek my father's face4        #b4 
,let not thy face be hid from me1       
,nor frown my soul away1          ,god  
of my life ,i fly to thee            ,in
 a distressing day4        #c4 ,should  
friends and kindred1 near and dear1     
,leave me to want and die4          ,my 
,god will make my life his care1        

,and all my wants supply4        #d4 ,my
 fainting flesh had died with grief1    
,had not my soul believed          ,to  
see thy grace prove a relief1           
,nor was my hope deceived4        #e4   
,wait on the ,lord1 ye trembling        
,saints1            ,and keep your      
courage up1          ,he'll raise your  
spirit when it faints1            ,and  
far exceed your hope4    ,however ,i    
went to ,baltimore in the same month    
with the ,bishop and  ,elders1 and      
enjoyed myself under great preaching1   
and preached several  sermons4 ,praise  
,god1 and the slain of the ,lord        
appeared to be many4 ,after             
,conference1 my mind led me over to     
,eastern ,shore the second time2 spent  
a few days with the ,church4 7,peter ,d4
 ,schuman1 ,elder of the charge7 and    
then returned to ,baltimore1 from there 
to the city of ,philadelphia1 and  then 
made some short visits from #dj to #fj1 
and from that to #ajj miles  round      
about2 then down to ,lewistown          

,camp-meeting1 the second time2 then  to
 a ,camp-meeting at ,mount ,ephraim1 ,n4
 ,j4 ,the last of ,august ,i left for   
,new ,york ,camp1 on arriving there ,i  
spoke once or twice4 ,the same as at    
other places1 our camp-meeting was not  
as great as ,i have seen before4  ,i    
spoke in both the ,churches4 ,we had a  
good time together1 rejoicing in  the   
,lord4 ,i left then for ,albany2 had a  
pleasant passage up the ,north  river1  
one hundred and sixty miles2 the        
mountains and their stupendous  looks   
preached to me in my journey through4   
,oh1 the wisdom of ,god1 and  how       
marvellous in our eyes2 enough to       
convince the infidel1 yea1 the          
,atheist1 that there is some first      
cause4 ,from the effects produced1  look
 at the ingenuity of mankind1 which     
actually comes from ,god1 and is        
displayed in building steamboats1 and   
other great novelties in mechanism4  ,we
 accomplished the route the same day we 
started1 and ,i found myself  entirely  

among strangers4 ,but ,i made inquiry   
for ,methodist friends1  and found      
brother ,streeter1 a coloured family1   
very respectable4 ,they  treated me very
 kind2 they were under the white        
,bishop1 and ,i under the  coloured4    
,but the same faith1 same doctrine1 same
 ,baptism1 same spirit4  ,glory to ,god4
 ,among the coloured people1 the        
,baptists had the ascendancy4  ,there   
was a large hall prepared for me1 and we
 had a large congregation  of different 
denominations4 ,i spoke from these words
 and this ,gospel of  the kingdom shall 
be preached unto all the world as for a 
witness1 and  then shall the end come4  
,god owned the word1 sinners screamed2  
some fell  to the floor1 others wept1   
while ,christians rejoiced4 ,a lady of  
color  was present1 though she was a    
member of the ,dutch ,presbyterian      
,church2  her husband belonged to no    
,church1 but was under an exercise of   
mind4  ,the ,lord reached his heart1 he 
mourned more than three days4 ,they sent

  for me to come to their house4 ,i paid
 them a visit1 and held prayer  meeting 
at their house4 ,that ,sabbath two weeks
 he joined the ,methodist  ,church4 ,i  
spoke three times the first ,sabbath    
afternoon2 we had a large  congregation1
 at night still larger4 ,text4 ,never   
man spake like this  man4 ,god's spirit 
was poured out in a miraculous manner4  
,on the ensuing  third day evening ,i   
spoke again1 from these words4 ,and came
 seeking fruit  on the tree and found   
none4 ,to all appearance there was      
nothing done1  but ,god directed the    
word to the heart of a little girl1 a   
gentleman's  daughter1 between eleven   
and twelve years of age4 ,she joined the
 ,church  before ,i left there4 ,a good 
old ,missionary1 by the name of         
,mitchell1  came to the city before ,i  
left1 and preached three sermons1 in    
which  there was a great revival4 ,the  
,elder appointed prayer meetings1 north 
and south of the city of ,albany4 ,i    
preached two or three sermons in a      

school house1 the last ,i spoke was in  
,brother ,streeter's house1 from ,st4   
,matt4 ,chap4 #ba ver4 #abth4 ,i thank  
,god for the comfortable visit ,i had   
there in the discharge of my duty4 ,this
 ,methodist preacher1 ,mitchell1  had a 
book with him called the ,essence of    
,john ,steward1 a coloured man1  with   
his miraculous call to the ministry1 the
 first one who succeeded in             
,christianizing the ,methodist ,indians 
in ,sandusky and that province1 and  he 
sold them in ,albany1 and it seemed to  
have its desired effect also  with the  
revival1 in encouraging us to hold a    
fast4    ,how good to contemplate or to 
think the heathen has caught the sound  
of  salvation through the name of       
,jesus1 our ,lord4 ,i saw a goodly      
number  added to the ,church on         
,sabbath-day4 ,i still continued engaged
 in my mind  with the ,lord1 in their   
behalf1 when ,i was informed that they  
had three  and four of an evening at    
their prayer meetings1 then my mind felt

 at  liberty to leave for ,schenectady4 
,sister ,streeter rode with me fourteen 
miles2 ,i stopped eleven days1 at which 
place there was a large upper  room that
 was appropriated for a preaching place1
 where ,i spoke to a  small number of   
coloured persons several times4 ,they   
were under the white  elder1 he was a   
friend to me1 and appointed a meeting   
for me in the white  ,brother's house to
 speak for them4 ,we had a favourable   
time4 ,but the  people1 feeling an      
uninterested spirit in propagating the  
religion of  ,jesus ,christ1 ,i left the
 dust with them4 ,got on board a ,canal 
boat for  ,utica1 there ,i met with my  
own connexion1 ,african ,methodist      
,episcopal  ,church1 we had a prosperous
 time4 ,i spoke and had prayer meetings 
on  board of the ,canal boat4 ,there was
 a pasture there notwithstanding the    
difficulties of this life and the people
 being hunted like partridges  on the   
mountain4 ,it deprives a man's          
usefulness among the people1 but  the   

work of the ,lord went on1 and there is 
no weapon formed by the enemy  that can 
stop the work of ,god4 ,therefore we    
have nothing to fear4 ,we  have large   
and respectable congregations1 and ,i   
felt strengthened in  warning man to    
flee from the wrath to come4 ,if signs  
and wonders did not  follow sometimes1  
,i must certainly die1 but glory to ,god
 for refreshing  showers4 ,i led class1 
had prayer meetings1 and took my passage
 on another  canal boat for ,rochester2 
had a pleasant passage4 ,i soon found   
some  ,methodists1 and our local ,elder 
was then a smart preacher4 ,i was there 
three or four weeks1 and he treated me  
very kindly and opened my way4  ,they   
erected a new brick church1 basement for
 schools2 the corner-stone  was laid    
while ,i was there4 ,the elder was a man
 of good repute2 people  of color of    
different denominations1 but much united
 together4 ,the elder  held the charge  
from there to ,buffalo1 he had then a   
,quarterly ,meeting  on hand4 ,i left   

,rochester with him and rode about      
seventy miles4 ,next  morning ,i left   
,lewistown and rode seven miles1 crossed
 the ,lakes1 on the  ,british side4     
,when we left ,rochester the snow was   
ankle deep1 when ten  mile from         
,lewistown1 it became dry and hard1 and 
when we crossed the  ,lakes it was clear
 and cold1 and the air very pure4 ,i    
told the elder  this was the first time 
,i ever breathed pure air4 ,i walked    
about a mile  and the first house ,i    
stopped at was sister ,holmes'4 ,i felt 
strange and  lonely4 ,i waited to see if
 the peace of ,god would abide on the   
house4  ,previous to my being           
introduced1 ,i arose from my chair and  
the power of  ,god fell upon the people1
 and1 it seemed to me1 that ,god        
answered me4  ,i was fully convinced    
that ,god would make bare his arm1 in   
this part  of his moral vineyard4 ,we   
had a ,church in ,niagara2 the elder    
made an  appointment there1 and forty or
 fifty miles round the circuit1 being   

now  about six hundred miles from       
,philadelphia4 ,i felt the loss of my   
former  companions and friends1 the     
elder and deacon1 in two days time left 
for  ,buffalo1 to hold a quarterly      
meeting in ,york state about seventy    
miles4  ,i commenced to speak for the   
people1 and ,god owned the word1 and ,i 
saw  many displays of his power--the    
people in ,niagara seemed to me to be a 
kind and ,christian like people4 ,the   
white inhabitants united with us1 and   
ladies of great renown4 ,the slaves that
 came there felt their freedom1  began  
to see the necessity of education1 and  
hired a white man to teach  them to read
 and write among themselves1 and have   
,sabbath schools4 ,i am  astonished to  
see so many there that came from a free 
state1 and not  take more interest in   
instilling the science of education     
among their  fellow beings4 ,the winter 
was cold--,i never had experienced      
such--but  very healthy4 ,i went to a   
town called ,niagara4 ,i spoke in a     

dwelling  house4 ,the next night ,i     
spoke in the ,old ,methodist ,church to 
a large  congregation of respectable    
people4 ,there were three ladies1 one   
the  widow of a great ,judge1 and one   
daughter and sister of first education2 
they sympathized with me in this        
important work of the ,gospel of        
,christ4  ,they assembled with us in our
 meeting4 ,a little girl about #h or #i 
years  of age experienced religion and  
prayed in public1 and attended to their 
private devotion1 so much for early     
piety4 ,teach the child the way he      
should go and when he gets old he will  
not depart from it4 ,but1 it is to  be  
lamented1 that so few of our children   
experience this early piety2  the cause 
we must try to find out and avoid the   
evil effects1 and not  bring up our     
children in so much pride and           
heathenism4 ,we1 as a people1  are      
generally poor and cannot support so    
many changes of fashion2 they  grow up  
and crave it1 and oftimes substitute    

evil practices to support  themselves1  
either girls or boys1 and often bring a 
stigma upon their  parents and family   
connexions1 though very respectable4    
,let us bring up  our children in       
industry1 for work is honorable1 and it 
is the way to get  riches and to keep   
them4 ,i travelled back and forward     
again from ,niagara  to ,buffalo1 and   
had regular appointments in our         
,churches4 ,we had a great  opposition  
among the coloured people1 one trying to
 excel the other in  point of eminence4 
,one of our preachers left us on the    
promise of forty  dollars per year4     
,poor man1 he was like ,simon ,magus who
 perished with  his money4 ,our ,circuit
 rider was absent on the ,sunday of the 
split1 but  the ,lord was with us4 ,i   
spoke three times to the remaining part 
of the  congregation1 which was         
increased much by a large body of       
bystanders1  and great good followed2   
and we continued to sow and gather for  
two or  three months1 and the ,lord     

blessed our labors abundantly4 ,feeling 
,i had  discharged my duty1 ,i left and 
crossed the ,lake from ,buffalo to ,fort
  ,george1 and spoke about eight miles  
from there1 it was cold and snowed  very
 fast--it was four o'clock in the       
afternoon--the congregation had  been   
there and gone4 ,we were in a sleigh1   
and the driver got lost2 we  all brought
 up in a swamp1 among the fallen tree   
tops1 but we turned  about and found a  
house and lodged all night2 and spoke   
next morning at  eleven o'clock to a    
quiet congregation1 and the ,lord was   
with us1 though  composed of all        
denominations4 ,i appointed another     
meeting and rode about  eight miles on  
horseback--it snowed and was very       
sleety--after ,i spoke to  the people ,i
 left them for good and made an         
appointment for the ,indians2  two of   
the chiefs called at where ,i stopped to
 see me4 ,i asked them to  pray for us2 
they complied1 but done it in their own 
tongue4 ,i felt the  power of ,god in my

 own heart4 ,then they held a council   
about it1 and  granted my visit at      
,buffalo village1 about three miles from
 ,buffalo city4  ,we rode and got there 
before their worshipping hour1 their    
school had  not dismissed1 after a while
 they dismissed school--of #ej          
children--and  as they gathered to      
worship ,i saw an old chief come1 he    
stood and prayed  very devoutly1 tears  
running down his cheek4 ,i told them ,i 
had not come  to worship with them1 and 
wanted to preach for them after their   
worship  ended4 ,they held a council and
 they agreed ,i should preach for them1 
but  ,i could not help admiring the ways
 as well as gestures of the children4   
,the teachers bring them up in the      
,english language and dress some of them
  in the ,english style1 but the        
greatest number are clad in the ,indian 
style2 those of the old ,indians in     
their blankets4 ,some of them met me    
from seven or eight miles round--they   
filled the house4 ,it was in the  month 

of ,march--it rained and snowed--yet    
they walked in their moccasins1  and    
some bare-headed--they made a large     
congregation4 ,their ,elder or          
missionary had gone to teach another    
tribe that day1 and he only taught  them
 very plainly1 and read out of pamphlets
 the experiences of others4  ,i         
commenced by giving out the hymn in our 
language1 and the interpreter  spoke in 
their tongue4 ,hymn thus1 ,o for a      
thousand tongues to sing1 c4  ,they sung
 it beautiful1--two long benches of them
 sung by note 7their  books printed in  
their own language7 a very familiar note
 tune1 such as  we use in congregations4
 ,i spoke plain and deliberate and very 
pointed1  the interpreter spoke it after
 me in the ,indian tongue1 and one of   
the  women cried out ,amen4 ,much       
weeping among them1 dear reader1 take   
notice1  notwithstanding they are a     
nation revolted from ,israel1 and would 
not  be governed4 ,yet they can be      
civilized and christianized4 ,we might  

call  them heathens1 but they are       
endowed with a ,christian spirit4 ,i    
felt happy  in my visit2 the missionary 
wished me to speak for them that        
evening1  but ,i had an appointment that
 night at ,buffalo1 after which my mind 
was calm and serene4 ,i left on         
,tuesday1 #ast of ,april1 on my return  
for  ,philadelphia1 and arrived home    
,may #ahth4    ,that year ,i travelled  
two thousand three hundred and          
twenty-five miles1  and preached one    
hundred and seventy-eight sermons4      
,praise ,god for health  and strength1  
,o my soul1 and magnify his name for    
protection through  various scenes of   
life4        ,god of my life whose      
gracious power        ,through various  
deaths my soul has led1      ,or turned 
aside the fated hour1        ,or lifted 
up my sinking head4    ,while ,i was in 
,buffalo1 a journey to the ,west was    
shewed to me so plain  that ,i could not
 stop in the city of ,philadelphia but  
five weeks only1  then left for the     

western country4 ,i started in a mail   
stage1 and  stopped first at ,westtown  
and spoke in our own connexion ,church1 
and  then at ,west ,chester in the old  
,methodist ,episcopal white connexion4  
,we  had a large congregation of quiet  
hearers4 ,i felt liberty but no great   
displays of ,god's power4 ,i had several
 meetings in different places1  visiting
 the sick4 ,having discharged my duty ,i
 left there and proceeded  on to ,old   
,lancaster and spent some days4 ,we have
 a good ,church there1  and great       
meetings--the word of the ,lord grew and
 was multiplied4 ,god  poured out his   
spirit upon us1 and we had a shout in   
the camp4 ,i then  started for          
,columbia1 ,pa4 ,the people are much    
divided1 and it looked  very gloomy1 but
 ,god directed me and he commanded his  
disciple to be a  sheep among wolves1   
and harmless as doves1 notwithstanding  
the darkness1  ,god aided me in speaking
 to the people1 and aided them in       
hearing1 and  his name was praised4 ,the

 people united1 temptations and clouds  
were  vanished away4 ,then we sung1     
prayed1 spake1 and shouted in the       
spirit1  this is true ,methodism4 ,i led
 class1 visited the sick and was much   
favoured with the presence of the ,lord4
 ,our faith was increased1 our  hopes   
confirmed4 ,the preachers were kind and 
treated me well1 and by  their help ,i  
travelled on my journey to ,harrisburg4 
,feeling thankful  for the visit ,i had 
paid it seemed gloomy here1 but ,i spoke
 there next  day4 ,i took stage and rode
 to ,chambersburg1 and spent some days  
there1  and proceeded on to             
,fredericktown1 ,maryland1 and spoke    
there from there  to ,hagerstown1       
,macallansburg1 and1 ,i must confess1 ,i
 do not remember of  ever seeing such a 
people1 for1 it seemed strong drink had 
been their  ruin4 ,the circuit minister 
was there1 and we had some signs and    
wonders  to follow after the preaching  
of the cross of ,christ1 and ,i trust to
  meet some of them on the banks of     

deliverance1 and help to swell the      
notes of redeeming love4 ,after the     
preacher left me ,i took stage for      
,pittsburgh1 at eight in the evening1   
rode all night until eight in the       
morning4 ,i was kindly treated1 there   
were other persons in the stage1  four  
of them gentlemen1 as ,i thought there  
was one who talked a great  deal1 wise  
in his own conceit1 about religion1 and 
from that he displayed  a quantity of   
degraded principle1 with disgusting     
language1 at which ,i  made several     
sharp replies1 and in my way1           
reprimanded him and the other  gentlemen
 looked on him with silent contempt1 at 
which he got ashamed1  and afterwards   
treated me with great politeness1 and ,i
 was comfortable  and arrived in        
,pittsburgh at #e o'clock in the        
afternoon4 ,i went to ,church  that     
night and heard a sermon from one of my 
brothers4 ,i met with six  or seven     
ministers1 very friendly1 and treated me
 like ,christians4 ,i  remained in      

,pittsburgh six weeks1 there had been   
one or two revivals  previous to my     
visit1 especially the winter before ,i  
arrived1 last day  of ,august1 #ahbj4   
,my labors commenced--the field was     
large--but the ,lord  was with us--this 
gave me much encouragement1 ,i was not  
ashamed of the  ,gospel--it is the power
 of ,god unto salvation1 to every one   
that believes1  both ,jew or ,gentile4  
,we had very good meetings1 the ,elder  
and preachers1  all received me with one
 accord--thanks to ,god for his divine  
goodness--,i  felt moved by the ,lord to
 pay ,wheeling a visit although we had  
no society  there1 ,i arrived and found 
but a small class of coloured people    
with  the whites1 an old gentleman of   
color with the elder in charge granted  
me the ,church--the elder being a great 
preacher of college order4 ,we had  a   
large congregation2 ,i spoke for them   
once1 and gave an exhortation at        
another time1 and felt no difficulty on 
that head1 and after that they  could   

not treat me well enough4 ,and1 on the  
ensuing ,sabbath1 ,i helped  to lead    
class2 and we all enjoyed ourselves1 and
 on ,tuesday ,i left for  ,washington1  
according as ,i had promised our elder  
before ,i left him4 ,on  my arrival     
there ,i met kind friends1 and a large  
congregation of coloured  people4 ,on   
,lord's day ,i met the class2 the people
 spoke with humility--it  was a melting 
down time--in the ,spirit of ,god ,i    
preached several sermons1  visited the  
sick1 and1 in this spirit strove to     
uphold the aged4 ,feeling  a discharge  
of my duty ,i left for ,steubensville1  
,ohio1 and met a small  society--some   
true ,christians there2 no ,church      
there2 the ,baptists granted  their     
,church2 we had meetings there1 and the 
,lord was with us--quiet                
congregations--and the word had effect  
in the hearts of sinners--and  believers
 were established4 ,i stopped a few days
 and left in the name  of the ,lord4 ,i 
proceeded on to ,mt4 ,pleasant1 and     

arrived on seventh day  evening1 and the
 trustee gave me an appointment on      
,sabbath morning4 ,at  #aa o'clock ,i   
was feeble in both body and mind1 but   
the ,lord was with us  according to     
promise1 think not what ye shall say1   
but open thy mouth  and ,i will fill it 
saith the ,lord1 he caused a shaking    
among the dry  bones1 that morning4 ,i  
think if any creature has a right to    
praise ,god  ,i have1 and that in       
thankfulness1 and ,i love him because he
 first loved  me4 ,bless his name4 ,i   
preached several sermons to large       
gatherings1 but  revivals not so        
manifest as at other places4 ,i had some
 difficulty in  that journey1 but only  
what is common among us2 for many times 
deceitful  persons will set the ,church 
on fire but can't burn it up4    ,moses 
saw it as a bush in a flame1 yet not    
consumed4 ,we have to be tried  as gold 
in the fire4 ,after my visit was out a  
brother 7leader in the  ,church7        
conveyed me ten miles on my way1 ,i     

stopped at ,sinclairsville2  there was  
an appointment published on the next    
evening4 ,at #g o'clock  ,i spoke in the
 ,court house to a large concourse of   
well behaved and  respectable citizens4 
,i felt at liberty and left in peace of 
mind which  makes the work sweet4 ,i was
 aided on to ,cap-teen1 a settlement of 
coloured people2 some from the lower    
counties2 but they are industrious1  and
 have a ,church of their own1 and were  
about to send their children  to school1
 ,i held several meetings and there was 
some very respectable  people of        
colour--and the ,lord was with us--,i   
stopped with an aged family1  very      
respectable1 they treated me very kind1 
and between #b and #c weeks1  ,i left in
 peace with ,god and man1 and went to   
,barnsborough and spoke in  the white   
,methodist ,episcopal ,church1 from     
thence to ,zanesville1 at which  place  
,i felt much discouraged from the       
appearance of things4 ,i did not  think 
of tarrying there1 but at the first     

appointment ,i chose the words  8,i am  
not ashamed of the ,gospel40--,paul4    
,the room was very small for  the number
 of people1 after which an old man well 
scented with ardent  spirits1 tried to  
give an exhortation4 ,i was astonished  
at the scene1 the  people laughed1 ,i   
got up and went out4 ,i tried to labor  
again at night  and exhort the young    
ladies to the evil consequences of      
ill-behavior in  the ,church of ,god2   
after which we had better order1 and the
 old gentleman  was discovered to be    
intoxicated with spiritous liquor1 and  
was disowned  from the ,church1 after   
which there was a great revival took    
place among  the white ,methodists1 both
 rich and poor4    ,mrs4 ,dillin1 who   
once was a ,friend1 and now a member of 
the ,church1  spoke to the ,trustees and
 ,ministers1 and they opened the ,church
 and ,i  spoke twice in that ,church1   
and after that ,i spoke in ,west        
,zanesville1  back of that place1 and ,i
 still remained among my colored        

friends1 and  they seemed much revived2 
after which they formed a ,resolution to
 build  themselves a ,meeting ,house4 ,a
 ,quaker ,friend1 so called1 presented  
them  with a piece of ground to build   
one on1 which they did4 ,glory to ,god1 
for  his glory stood over the doors of  
the ,tabernacle4 ,many were convicted1  
and converted1 and many added to the old
 ,methodist ,church1 and ,i left  there 
on ,new-,years day for ,new-,lancaster1 
where we had a ,church1 standing  on a  
frame of a house for three or four      
years1 and had not been used  to preach 
in2 but the ,lord opened the way1 and a 
great revival took  place among the     
people1 and their eyes being opened1    
they with willing  minds commenced and  
built a new ,church1 and ,god blessed   
their labors4 ,i  preached several      
,sermons and led ,class1 c4 ,my common  
way is to visit the  sick and afflicted 
in whatsoever city ,i may stop in1 that 
,i may get my  spiritual strength       
renewed in the ,lord4 ,although ,i      

preached the ,gospel  through the       
,commission of my ,lord1 yet1 ,i have   
nothing to boast of4    ,i opened a     
,love-,feast in the said ,church in ,new
 ,lancaster4 ,we held  ,prayer          
,meetings4 ,i spoke in the ,white's     
,church also4 ,the people were  very    
friendly4 ,i met them in ,class1 and    
after the lapse of eleven days1  ,i left
 for ,columbus4 ,the ,preachers         
generally were very kind to me4 ,both   
white and colored4 ,a worthy brother    
conducted me on further4 ,it snow'd1    
and ,i was very cold1 but the ,lord was 
with us1 and my mind was free'd4  ,but  
notwithstanding1 ,i met an antagonist1  
who was ready to destroy my  character1 
and the principles of the ,work that    
,god saw good to make me  instrumental  
of doing in his name1 which caused me to
 open the case  to the ,trustees and    
,preachers1 who were much astonished at 
him to be  preaching four or five years 
with malice in his heart4 ,i was favored
 to  see him in the morning before he   

went away1 that was the first time he   
had spoke to me anything like a         
,christian in that time4 ,he knew from  
the  first period ,i went to him to     
satisfy his mind4 ,but his heart was    
bitter4  ,i felt his spirit like a      
viper4 ,but the word of the ,lord was   
verified at  that time also4 8,when the 
,tempter raises a flood against you1 ,i 
will set  up a standard against him40   
,he told me he had sent a letter to     
,pittsburg  to stop me1 although ,i had 
my ,licence from the ,bishop1 with his  
own  signature4 ,i told him he was a    
worse enemy to me than ,i was aware of1 
and  ,i was ashamed of him1 professing  
to be a ,preacher in charge1 and setting
  such an example in a strange land1 and
 begged him to throw away his           
prejudices1 or he would never obtain the
 ,kingdom of ,heaven4 ,he left me  in a 
flash1 and ,i saw him no more until     
,conference4 ,i wrote a letter to       
,bishop ,allen to let him know of my    
grievances1 as ,i was innocent of any   

crime4 ,i felt under no obligation to   
bear the reproaches of progressing      
,preachers2 and ,i wanted it settled at 
,conference4 ,but it was looked upon    
with little effect by the ,preachers and
 ,leaders4 ,i laid it before the        
,conference1 and it was settled4 ,but ,i
 tarried all winter4 ,preached1 led     
,class1 visited the sick1 c41 with great
 success4 ,i bless ,god for the  witness
 of a good conscience4 ,old ,sinners    
were awakened1 and constrained  to come 
trembling1 and enquiring the way to     
,zion4    ,l4 ,w41 a respectable brother
 from ,chillicothe1 had never heard a   
woman  preach1 and was much opposed to  
it4 ,an appointment was given me1 and   
when ,i went into the desk and commenced
 reading the hymn to commence the       
worship1 he looked at me a while1 then  
got up and went out and stood  until ,i 
had nearly got through the hymn1 and    
then he came in1 when ,i  asked him to  
pray for us but he refused4 ,i prayed   
myself1 after which ,i  took my text1   

and felt much liberty in speaking in the
 spirit indeed4  ,and after meeting he  
came and shook hands with me in the     
spirit of a  christian1 and next day he 
came and confessed to me his prejudices 
had  been so great1 so much like his    
father1 that he could not unite with    
me1 but now he believed that ,god was no
 respecter of persons1 and that  a woman
 as well as a man1 when called of ,god1 
had a right to preach4 ,he  afterwards  
became a licensed preacher1 and we      
parted in peace4 ,i took the  stage and 
left for ,chillicothe1 but there was but
 one house that would  open for me in   
the city1 although ,i had my            
recommendation with me4 ,as  soon as    
that friend heard of me she met me in   
christian bonds1 and her  house was my  
home1 her husband being a man of        
christian qualifications1  and ,i went  
on my mission doing my ,father's will4  
,i spoke once in the week  and on       
,sabbath afternoon1 to crowded houses2  
it was like a camp-meeting1  and        

twenty-one lay under the power of ,god  
at one time2 after preaching  we called 
them up to be prayed for2 some got      
religion that day and some  on the next 
,sabbath1 and the father ,l4 ,w4 became 
one of my best friends1  and a doer of  
the work4 ,there was large fields of    
labor open to my view1  and ,i visited  
both colored and white1 and many were   
concerned about  sanctification4 ,i was 
with them about six weeks1 during which 
time ,i had  an interview with a lady1  
who informed me she had a call to preach
 the  everlasting gospel of ,christ4    
,she was a ,presbyterian by profession1 
and  she told me she feared the church  
government4 ,but the greatest objection 
was1 her husband was a ,deist by        
profession2 she also told me of her     
experience she passed through2 it was a 
broken heart and a contrite  spirit4    
,god answers the prayers of such a      
supplicant1 but she could not  enjoy    
that sweet fulness of religion in that  
situation of life1 although  very rich  

as regards this world's goods2 also     
knowing that gold and  silver should    
vanish away1 but the word of ,god should
 endure forever4 ,and  some feel their  
labors a long time before it comes to   
perfection4 ,our  ,methodist sisters    
established a prayer meeting1 and the   
people worked in  the unity of the      
spirit1 and much good was done in the   
name of the ,holy  child4 ,glory to ,god
 for what my heart feels while ,i use my
 pen in hand4  ,i felt peace of         
conscience and left ,chillicothe for    
,hillsborough to meet  a quarterly      
meeting of ,w4 ,c41 he being ,elder at  
that place2 the ,governor  and his      
family residing there1 six in number1   
were all ,methodists1 and  one son a    
preacher2 they had the spirit of        
christians4 ,the trustees of  the       
,methodist church opened their doors and
 gave us liberty to hold our  quarterly 
meeting and love feast in their church1 
and we had a good time4  ,the friends   
mostly gave me a small donation1 which  

was very thankful2  after which ,i left 
there for ,cincinnati1 where ,i spoke to
 a large  congregation4 ,i stop't at    
,williamsport and spoke in the white    
,methodist  church to a respectable     
congregation4 ,i felt liberty in the    
spirit of  ,god1 and we left there about
 daybreak in the morning4 ,all nature   
seemed  in silence 7except the chirping 
notes of a little bird47 ,a few rods    
from  us a ,panther screamed very loud  
and sudden1 but we could not see him1 it
  being a dense thicket on either side  
of the road1 but the unseen arm of  ,god
 sheltered us from harm2 one of the     
gentlemen seemed quite used to  hearing 
them4 ,we arrived safe in ,cincinnati   
about #aa o'clock2 the ,elder  ,w4 ,c4  
was very liberal in giving me           
appointments1 and the friends were  very
 affectionate to me1 and large          
congregations attended4 ,i remained     
there some time1 feeling to be blessed  
in my weak endeavors to a great  extent4
 ,the next day after ,i arrived there1  

one of our sisters fell sick  and ,i had
 the pleasure of visiting her on her    
death-bed1 and in her last  hour she    
told me in presence of others1 her peace
 was made1 and raised  her hands toward 
heaven and told us she was going4 ,this 
is the end of  sister ,crosby2 who can  
doubt this faithful saying1 by grace ye 
are saved4  ,a month or more previous1  
she had buried a daughter1 who was a    
member of  our church2 before she left  
the world1 she called her young         
companions  and caused them to promise  
to meet her in heaven1 and then closed  
her  eyes triumphing in death4 ,brother 
,crosby laid the heavy task on me to    
preach their funeral sermons1 which ,i  
did1 as feeble a worm as ,i am1 on      
,sabbath morning4 ,words of my choice   
were found in #b;d ,ephe4 #hth v3--8,for
 by  grace ye are saved through faith1  
and that not of yourselves1 it is the   
gift of ,god10 which of itself is a     
sermon to all that believe--glory to    
,god1 ,christ has overcome the world4   

,and while laboring many tears were     
shed both in joy and sorrow4 ,but it's  
better to be one day in the house  of   
the ,lord than a thousand in the tents  
of the wicked4    ,another circumstance 
worthy of notice1 was a young man whose 
heart was in  the world and in worldly  
affairs1 or the pursuits of nature1 and 
diverted  much of his time on ,sabbath  
days on the ,mississippi ,river1        
fighting  against all impressions of the
 ,spirit of grace1 until ,god stopped   
him  by the heavy hand of his power1 in 
a death-bed affliction4 ,after some     
time he began to inquire the way to     
,zion4 ,his mother was also a stranger  
to the blood of ,jesus1 but wished me to
 come and see her son2 being  conducted 
to the house1 ,i found him looking like 
an anatomy4 ,i asked him  if he believed
 in ,christ and his all sufficiency to  
save2 his answer  was in the            
affirmative4 ,we had prayers with him   
and there was a display  of ,god's      
power2 a white woman screamed and nearly

 fell to the floor1  but strove hard to 
keep from it4 ,and on that day he       
acknowledged his  ,saviour to be        
reconciled to his poor soul4 ,praise    
,god6 my soul replied4  ,afterwards he  
wished me to hold a meeting with as many
 persons as the  room would contain with
 him1 which ,i accepted2 one day and    
night after1  he departed this life1 and
 requested me to preach his funeral     
sermon  at the house before the         
procession moved to the ground4 ,i spoke
 from  the #adth chap4 #ac v41 and we   
had a solemn time2 you may anticipate   
the  weight of that important task1 but 
we had joy in the midst of sorrow1 and  
this was the last of ,james ,thompson4  
,i also left his sister in the last     
stage of consumption1 and she confessed 
to be in favor with the ,lord4  ,having 
finished my visit1 ,i left in steamboat 
for ,dayton4 ,i spoke three  times1 and 
tried to preach the whole salvation1    
,god the ,father1 ,god the  ,son1 and   
,god the ,holy ,ghost4 ,the members of  

the ,new-light church deny  the divinity
 of ,christ4 ,once ,i spoke in a large  
dwelling of ,dr4 ,esley1  after which   
himself and wife went on a journey to   
,indiana and wished me  to go with them1
 but ,i was deprived by a previous      
engagement1 having  to attend a         
camp-meeting at ,cap-teen4 ,after my    
return to ,urbana1 ,ohio1  ,i took stage
 for ,springfield1 and from there to    
,columbus1 and spoke  several times4    
,the ,elder's class consisted of about  
twenty2 a young man  and myself led the 
class in #ahbi4 ,the ,elder ,w4 ,c4     
ordered a camp-meeting  for the         
,cincinnati people1 and the brother at  
,cap-teen and ,rev4 ,bishop  ,brown1    
held a conference1 and we had a very    
large camp-meeting1 and  manifestations 
of great good1 and at the close of the  
,love-feast1 there  were thirty-two or  
three testified that they experienced   
the love of  ,god4 ,the people of color 
came out forcibly1 and the preachers    
preached  in power4 ,my health was much 

destroyed by speaking so often and      
laboring  so very hard1 having a heavy  
fever preying upon my system4 ,i was    
called  upon to speak at a camp-meeting1
 ,i could scarcely accomplish the task1 
and ,i was obliged to take my bed       
7having also lost my appetite7 as soon  
as my sermon was over4 ,after a while my
 particular friends conveyed  me to     
,mount ,pleasant in a carriage2 the day 
was pleasant1 but in the  woods at night
 we were overtaken by a dreadful storm  
of thunder1 wind  and rain1 but through 
the will of ,providence ,i escaped the  
inclemency  of the weather and stopped  
at brother and sister ,hance's2 after   
being  medically renovated1 ,i fulfilled
 an appointment1 and commenced to visit 
the sick in that place1 but was arrested
 by a heavy fever4 ,a physician  was    
called1 and by daybreak my senses left  
me1 so severe was the disease1  which   
caused the physician to visit me two and
 three times a day1 which  proved to be 
the bilious fever4 ,after my mind       

returned and became calm1  ,i was       
convinced that it would not terminate in
 death at that time4 ,i  had faith in   
the ,lord4 ,eleven days ,i lived on rice
 water and chicken  tea without salt1 at
 the end of which time ,i felt an       
appetite to eat4 ,i  had been under a   
deep sallavation which proved a blessing
 in effecting  a cure4 ,after a lapse of
 four weeks ,i was enabled to get out of
 that  house1 but very weak2 my money   
was short2 ,i left seven dollars with   
them  hoping the ,lord may bless them2  
then ,i returned to brother ,hance1 and 
was  well treated4 ,i commenced         
preaching1 though very weak1 and ,i     
accepted  an appointment on ,sabbath in 
the white ,methodist ,episcopal church1 
to a  well-behaved congregation1 about  
ten miles distance4 ,i had to be carried
  to the carriage in a blanket and      
returned the same way1 and was well     
taken care of by brother and sister     
,moor and family1 for which may the     
,lord bless them in basket and store4   

,elder ,jones gave me an invitation to  
go to ,pittsburg and try to gather a    
little strength1 which ,i accepted1  and
 was kindly taken care of by brother    
,lewis and wife1 which ,i very much     
profited by the assistance of his family
 doctor1 which he called in amid  the   
blessings of ,providence2 this was in   
,may1 #ahcj4 ,i then commenced to  labor
 amid the souls of the people1 which are
 precious4 ,after gaining  strength in  
body and mind in my recovery1 ,i spoke  
to a good number of  colored friends on 
the ,hill1 and they were about to build 
a church for  worship as they owned the 
property4 ,when ,i was able to travel1  
one of  the preacher's wives and a kind 
brother conducted me on to ,washington1 
from which ,i took stage for ,mount     
,pleasant2 labored for them1 enjoyed  a 
love-feast with them1 and in a few days 
left for ,st4 ,clairsville and  the next
 successive place2 then took stage for  
,zanesville1 continuing to  labor around
 the circuit1 and then went to          

,columbus4 ,i was invited to  attend a  
quarterly meeting at ,urbana2 we had    
quite a profitable waiting  upon the    
,lord2 it makes me glad when they say   
let us go up to the house  of the ,lord4
 ,after trying to rest myself four or   
five weeks1 a brother  preacher1 in     
company with brother ,steward's widow   
and myself1 visited the  ,indians1 she  
having lived nine years in ,sandusky4   
,we heard them preach in  their own     
language1 but ,i could only understand  
when he said ,jesus ,christ  or ,god1   
and the interpreter had gone to         
conference4 ,i spoke to them in         
,english1 was entertained in an ,indian 
family1 and that very kindly1  after    
which ,i shook the dust off my feet and 
left them in peace4 ,thank  the ,lord   
for ,urbana4 ,the ,elder appointed a    
camp-meeting at ,hillsborough2  it was  
nothing to boast off2 after which ,i    
turned towards ,philadelphia4  ,brother 
,rains paid my stage fare on to         
,springfield2 there ,i endeavored  to   

speak to a small and very quiet         
congregation2 from thence to ,columbus  
and paid seven dollars and a half1 and  
left for ,wheeling2 stopped at a        
camp-meeting at the request of the      
,wheeling friends1 but it seemed that   
both the golden wedge and ,babalonish   
garment was there1 as the wheel  could  
not turn1 for ,christ said ,i could not 
do many mighty works on  account of your
 unbelief2 the ,devil was at work1 but  
the ,lord was above4    ,i spoke at     
,wilkesbarre to both white and colored1 
,baptists and  ,methodists1 and had an  
invitation to preach in the afternoon1  
had good  congregations1 and tears of   
contrition were visible in many places4 
,i  had life and liberty4 ,i next       
visited ,wheeling1 stopped a few days   
and  labored several times1 which was   
much blessed1 and the ,elder organized a
  new class of twenty-one young men1    
brother and myself led them the first   
time1 and they seemed very zealous4 ,but
 in a few months the severity of  the   

,laws stopped their religious           
privileges1 which is an honor to any    
people2 while sin is a reproach to any  
,nation4 ,i then paid #aj and took      
passage to ,hagerstown4 ,my health was  
poor4 ,passengers consisted of three    
white ladies1 members of the ,episcopal 
,church1 and one old gentleman1 7a      
,deist7 #gc years of age1 who would     
reproach ,religion1 until ,i told him   
that ,solomon spoke of a man #gj years  
of age1 and called him a fool1--and     
exhorted him to get religion2 for ,god's
 name is worthy to be praised  by all   
intelligent beings4 ,i have found ,him  
to be a strong hold in the  day of      
trouble4 ,we arrived at ,hagerstown in  
eight or ten days4 ,we had a  ,meeting  
,house there4 ,i met the ,elder1 ,joseph
 ,harper1 ,deacon ,john ,cornish4  ,had 
good ,meetings2 a visit of the ,holy    
,ghost4 ,the house was crowded1 and     
many hundred sinners struck to the      
heart1--back-sliders were reclaimed--and
  believers built up in the most ,holy  

,faith4 ,praise ,god for so much4 ,i    
spoke to a very respectable congregation
 of white people about eleven  miles    
distant4        8,go1 preach my ,gospel 
saith the ,lord1      ,bid the whole    
world my grace receive2      ,he shall  
be sav'd that trusts my word1      ,he  
shall be damn'd that won't believe40    
,i then took my passage for             
,fredericktown4 ,the ,society was small1
 but  willing to encourage the ,gospel  
of ,christ4 ,we had meeting in a large  
upper room of a building2 the           
congregation was of both white and      
colored  persons4 ,i felt life and      
liberty1 and an increase of my labors4  
,in about  ten days sinners were        
awakened--backsliders reclaimed--and    
believers built  up in the most ,holy   
,faith4 ,the white ,preachers threatened
 to turn them  out of their ,church for 
going to the ,african ,methodist        
,episcopal ,church4  ,i thought when war
 commenced it was time to run4 ,oh6 what
 prejudice and  stupidity3 for love is  

the fulfilment of the ,law4    ,we had a
 remnant of our ,connexion from         
,virginia1 years before1 but  through   
some contention among themselves1 the   
owner of the ,church took it  from them1
 run up a chimney in the centre of the  
house1 and rented it out  to different  
families to live in4 ,he also went into 
the yard1 kick'd over  the head and foot
 boards of the graves1 and levelled them
 down1 and made  a garden of the        
grave-yard4 ,but the ,lord afflicted him
 even unto death1  and he was buried a  
day or two before ,i arrived at         
,frederick-town4    ,but ,god has a     
people everywhere2 a remnant that never 
has bowed their  knee to ,baal4 ,a      
,lutherian brother1 7minister17         
interceded in their  behalf1 7the       
,church being offered for sale17 and    
receiving ,one ,hundred  ,dollars from  
the ,trustees' hands1 bought it in for  
them1 and a firm ,deed  being made for  
the ,trustees1 the ,elder taking charge 
of it4 ,so much1 for  ,delivering       

,grace4        8,god moves in a         
mysterious way      ,his wonders to     
perform2      ,he plants ,his foot-steps
 in the sea      ,and rides upon the    
storm40    ,i next started for          
,washington ,city2 took passage in the  
stage about #a  o'clock in the          
afternoon1 and arrived about #a o'clock 
in the morning1 and  the clerk of the   
office conveyed me to a very respectable
 colored family1  7,mr4 ,adam's'7 who   
kindly received me1 and continued so to 
do1 but ,i met  my antagonist in that   
place1 who strove to stop my            
,ministerial ,mission2  but ,right is   
more than ,might4 ,bishop ,allen being a
 man of renown1 and  having ,grace      
abounding in his heart1 he sent a letter
 to his son-in-,law  who resided in that
 place1 to intercede for me during my   
stay1 which he  did4 ,truly1 the way    
seemed somewhat dark at first4 ,i saw   
revivals among  the members1 though the 
congregation was small1 the ,lord raised
 me up  plenty of friends among them1   

for ,god is all in all4 ,the ,elder in  
charge  was not to be seen until the    
last ,sabbath ,i was there4 ,he preached
 in the  morning1 but ,i was ashamed of 
his conduct towards me1 through         
prejudice1  while he was a leading man  
for the people4 ,reader1 judge for      
thyself4 ,but  my ,god gave me a part   
and lot in this matter1 saying1         
8,behold1 ,i send you  as ,sheep among  
,wolves1 be not afraid3--,lo6 ,i am with
 you always2--even unto  the end of the 
world40 ,praise ,god for his endurable  
promises4 ,in a few  days ,i left for   
,baltimore in stage4 ,some part of the  
route was by ,rail  ,road4 ,pleasant    
journey2 arrived safe in ,baltimore1    
engaged a colored  man's hack1 which    
conveyed me to ,mrs4 ,a4 ,h4's1 to whom 
,i ever shall feel  indebted2 for       
herself and family were some of my      
warmest-hearted friends4  ,truly1 ,i    
must say 8the ,lord remembered me in my 
lowest state40 ,the ,elder  and         
,preachers of ,baltimore with one       

accord1 gave me appointments1 and  we   
had prosperous ,meetings4 ,we had a     
female speaker there1 who seemed  very  
zealous4 ,i asked permission to take her
 into the pulpit1 which was  granted1   
and she spoke much in the spirit of     
,god--which was attended with  power1   
she being a woman of ,god2 deportment   
graceful1 and her ideas in  ,scripture  
very correct1 and they were all very    
much pleased with her4  ,she was a      
,teacher in the ,sabbath ,school1 at    
which place she often took  occasion to 
extend her usefulness in speaking for   
the cause of ,god1 for  which she       
suffered much opposition1 even from her 
husband2 although he  was a ,preacher of
 the ,gospel1 she encountered severe    
trials4 ,next ,i left  ,baltimore for   
,philadelphia1 my home1 and found my    
friends all well2 and  my only son also1
 was well1 and remained with ,rev4      
,bishop ,allen1 where  ,i left him      
before ,i went away4 ,after being absent
 for two years and  six months1 ,i found

 ,bishop ,allen in very ill health1 but 
he ever had  continued with unwearied   
interest in my son's welfare1 by sending
 to  school1 and otherwise improving him
 in education2 by which he has made     
considerable improvements therefrom2    
which give me great reconciliation  of  
mind2 one thing lacking1 which was a    
trade4 ,but finally1 ,rev4 ,bishop  grew
 nearer and nearer his time of          
departure1--prior to which he was  much 
interested for the good of my son in    
getting a trade1 but it being  the      
winter of #ahcj1 he concluded to keep   
him until spring2 but the ,rev4  ,bishop
 coming to the steep of time1 departed  
this life ,march #bfth1 #ahca1  after   
seeing #gb years in a world of          
affliction4 ,immediately afterwards ,i  
placed my son with a ,french gentleman1 
with whom he stayed and learned  the    
,cabinet-making business in this city4  
,this is the way ,i have got  along     
after getting my son to a trade4 ,i felt
 myself to be like a poor  pilgrim      

indeed2 wandering through this world so 
wide2 having to travel  among strangers1
 and being poor and destitute2 ,i was   
sorely tempted4 ,my  money was gone1 my 
health was gone1 and ,i measurably      
without a home4 ,but  ,i rested on the  
promises of ,god4 8,they that put their 
trust in me shall  never be confounded40
 ,without having a dollar to help       
myself1 ,i saw the  ,lord would verify  
his promise1 bless his name for it4     
,i stopped a few weeks with my sister   
and ,dr4 ,burton2 boarded with her1  and
 he seeing my debilitation of body1     
rendered medical assistance1 which      
helped me much2 but ,i was unable to    
labor and preach for some months4       
,after my business of #ahca had been    
accomplished1 ,i felt it my duty to     
visit my aged ,parent1 whom ,i had not  
seen for eleven years4 ,at length ,i    
started on my journey for ,cape ,may1   
,west ,jersey1 in the following way3    
,by ,steam ,boat to ,salem1 ,n4 ,j41 and
 preached in the ,african ,m4 ,e4       

,church  to a good congregation1 and we 
had a comfortable waiting upon the      
,lord4  ,some signs followed the        
preaching of the ,cross of ,christ2 the 
people were  very kind4 ,from thence by 
,stages to ,greenwich1 and spoke with   
the ,elder  to a very humble people2 a  
great display of ,god's power1 six      
joined the  ,church1 seven were         
baptized1 and others fell to the floor  
and cried for  mercy2 thank ,god for it4
    ,on ,monday morning ,i left for     
,bridgeton2 we having no ,society there1
  ,i preached in the ,court ,house to a 
large assembly of different             
denominations4 ,i felt a degree of      
liberty in speaking1 and ,i then stopped
  a few days with them1 and was kindly  
received and entertained4 ,i then       
proceeded on to ,fair-field1 and        
endeavored to labor for them at #aa     
o'clock1 ,sabbath morning1 and at #c    
o'clock1 ,p4 ,m4 to crowded houses of   
respectable and quiet congregations1 and
 the ,lord poured out his spirit  upon  

us and we had a solemn waiting in his   
presence1 for which my soul  rejoices   
even now4    ,i next went on to ,port   
,elizabeth1 which was very thinly       
inhabited1 some  two or three very      
respectable families there with only    
three persons  belonging to ,church2    
among them a ,sqr41 ,brick1 a man of    
ability4 ,through  him the ,church was  
opened for me1 and ,i preached two      
,sermons to large  congregations of     
respectable inhabitants of the place1 in
 which ,i placed  myself as in my       
,saviour's hand1 and staying there as   
clay in the hands  of the ,potter4 ,i   
had liberty1 whilst ,i could hear the   
humble groans of  the people1 which     
caused my breast to swell as with pure  
,seraphic joy4 ,i  bless the ,lord1 that
 the ,gospel has never been left without
 a witness4  ,wisdom is justified of her
 children saith our ,lord2 if it was not
 so1  thousands of ,christians would    
have sunk in despair2 but now and then  
,i  come across a great many whose sins 

were cancelled1 and in whom pride was   
destroyed1 and respecters of persons    
were not known4 ,among such1 ,god will  
prosper the labors of his servants4     
8,god knows the proud afar off1 but  his
 ,saints are beloved in his sight40 ,i  
next proceeded to ,goshen2 there ,i     
found my aged mother1 who ,i had not    
seen for eleven years1 well in health   
and very active4 ,but above all the     
rest1 enjoying ,religion1 the love  of  
,god in the soul2 which is more than the
 ,gold of ,opher2 though poor1  making  
many rich4 ,truly1 she dropped many aged
 tears on account of my  exposures in   
travelling1 but ,i strove to compose her
 by the word of ,god1  which tells us   
8in this world we shall have            
tribulation1 but in him we  shall have  
peace40 ',tis there1 the ,christian's   
warfare ends1 and sorrow  cannot come4  
,we dropped a few tears of gratitude    
with uplifted hearts to  ,almighty ,god 
for bringing us together once more in   
the flesh4    ,but my work soon again   

commenced4 ,i preached in a dwelling    
house the  next2 in ,goshen             
,school-house1 to both white and        
colored2 and was assisted  by the       
prayers of some humble souls1 and felt  
both life and liberty4 ,my  colored     
brethren held a protracted meeting4     
,some were ,baptists and some           
,methodists4 ,but all one in ,christ4 ,i
 think ,i never saw a greater display   
of ,god's eternal power2 it was somewhat
 inexpressible3 ,glory to ,god for  it4 
,four miles from there ,i preached in   
the ,court ,house to a congregation  of 
different denominations1 and the house  
was crowded4 ,text--#bhth ,chap4  of    
,st4 ,matt4 #ahth and #aith verses4 ,on 
the following ,sabbath ,i spoke  in a   
,school-house to a white ,methodist     
congregation4 ,we had a weeping  time in
 the afternoon of the same day4 ,spoke  
to my own people1 and  the ,lord blessed
 several souls4 ,it was a time long to  
be remembered4  ,truly a sword that is  
so often whetted1 must keep ,sharp1 but 

in the  midst of difficulties it        
appeared the word had its more perfect  
effect4  ,after feeling ,i had          
discharged my duty towards ,god in that 
part of his  vineyard1 ,i returned home 
and spent the winter in ,philadelphia1  
but very  much afflicted4 ,but in the   
midst of it my peace was like a river4  
,some time in ,february #ahcb1 the ,lord
 sent two friends to take me out of     
town to visit a part of his vineyard1   
and they thought it would improve  my   
health4 ,i rode about twenty-two        
miles1--grew worse again--but medicine  
was applied which proved effectual4 ,i  
spent a few weeks1 preached in the      
,free ,church in ,norristown1 three or  
four times1 built by a lady of the      
,church of ,england1 for all1 or any    
that preach ,christ and ,him crucified4 
,having gained my health1 ,i returned in
 peace to ,philadelphia1 where ,i       
labored under some difficulties until   
the middle of ,may3 ,after which  ,i    
took a journey with a sister preacher   

for about two or three weeks1  and truly
 the ,lord blessed her labors           
abundantly1 and my heart rejoiced  to   
witness the out-pouring of the ,spirit  
of that ,gospel visit with a            
,hand-,maiden of the ,lord4 ,the        
,scriptures are fulfilled as spoken of  
by  the ,prophet ,joel1 ,chap4 #bgth1   
#bnd verse4 8,ye shall know that ,i am  
in the  midst of ,israel1 and that ,i am
 the ,lord1 your ,god1 and none else1   
and  my people shall never be ashamed4  
,and it shall come to pass afterwards1  
that ,i will pour out my spirit upon all
 flesh1 and your sons and your          
daughters shall ,prophecy4 ,your old men
 shall dream dreams1 and your  young men
 shall see visions40 ,in #ahca1 a young 
man who professed to be  righteous1 says
 he saw in the sky men1 marching like   
armies1 whether  it was with the naked  
eye1 or a ,vision by the eye of ,faith1 
,i cannot  tell4 ,but the wickedness of 
the people certainly calls for the      
lowering  ,judgments of ,god to be let  

loose upon the ,nation and ,slavery1    
that  wretched system that emanated from
 the bottomless pit1 is one of the      
greatest curses to any ,nation4    ,june
 #ahcb1 my mind was led to travel       
towards the east part of ,new ,jersey1  
through ,trenton1 ,n4 ,j41 c41 and ,i   
preached three or four times1 and  found
 considerable consolation4 ,the ,elder  
made me appointments about two  or three
 miles in the country1 where there were 
a class of ,methodists4  ,there was a   
white came next morning to invite me to 
speak for them the  next ,sabbath       
afternoon1 and himself proposed to make 
me a collection4 ,i  thus1 truly1 saw a 
way made for me ,i knew not1 for ,i had 
but three or  four cents in my pocket4  
,yet ,i had not mentioned it2 but       
according to  promise1 after ,i had     
spoken1 their contribution for me       
amounted to four  or five ,dollars2     
which aided me on my journey4 ,so much  
for trusting in  ,god4 ,i then went to  
,princeton4 ,not much success there1 the

 ,society being  small4 ,preached three 
or four times there4 ,left for          
,new-,brunswick1 and  had very good     
meetings2 more praying people1 and had  
more life and power  among them1 and the
 ,word of ,god had its effect4 ,and the 
,judgments of  ,god was in the land1 the
 ,cholera was taking away the people by 
scores4  ,an awful day to them that had 
no ,god with them in death4 ,it carried 
a  sword with two edges1 it cut right   
and left1 took ,saint and sinner1 noble 
and ignoble1 white and colored4 ,it     
showed equality in my ,god's ,decree2   
where he speaks of 8all men40 ,i next   
left for ,rahway1--still coming among   
strangers1 but was kindly received by   
friends1 both colored and white1  of    
different orders1 without distinction4  
,i saw a large field open  before me1   
and a plenty of labourers wanted in that
 part of ,god's moral  ,vineyard4 ,i    
commenced to obey the ,spirit of ,god1  
and had great liberty1  both in ,word   
and ,doctrine4 ,i stopped six weeks1 and

 the ,elder only once  preached4 ,the   
people dying fast3 ,news came into town 
from ,new ,york that  great mortality   
was prevailing1--the people dying at the
 rate of #abj to  #afj a day4 ,it was   
truly alarming1 but we were highly      
favored in ,rahway1  there being only   
about four or five cases2 and among them
 it clearly  shown that ,god had no     
respect for persons4 ,one poor colored  
man1 who had  used too much ardent      
spirits1 was boasting about #h o'clock  
that ,cholera  could do nothing with    
him2 but while harnessing the horse for 
the family  to go to church only two    
hours after1 being #aj o'clock1 ,a4 ,m41
 he was  seized with cramps1 carried    
into the barn1 and several ,doctors sent
 for  who remained with him1 he having  
no friends4 ,but at last1 there being   
no hope for him by #h o'clock ,p4 ,m41  
the ,doctors requested some colored     
,methodist family to let him die in     
their house1 which was cheerfully       
acceded to1 and he died about #ab       

o'clock1 and was buried before day-light
  the same morning4 ,a very rich man    
also died who was buried in splendor in 
day light1 but the poor beggar was      
hurried away at night2 yet they both    
died wicked4 ,a short notice indeed4    
,but ,oh6 their end1 their dreadful end4
    ,i still continued to labor1 and    
witnessed good revivals4 ,when the      
,president's ,proclamation went out for 
a ,general ,fasting throughout the      
,united ,states on account of the       
,judgment of ,god1 it was obeyed by all 
denominations1 and of course came under 
our notice1--and we having no  ,elder in
 that place1 held it ourselves1--and it 
fell to my lot to give a  ,sermon on    
that occasion1 which ,i did through some
 embarrassment1 from  ,st4 ,matt4 chap4 
#bdth1 #bast and #bb;d vrs4 ,and the    
,spirit of the ,lord was  upon me1 and  
the ,scriptures opened to my mind4 ,the 
stammering tongue was  loosed1 and the  
feast truly glorious4 ,at night we held 
,prayer-meetings1  and so continued     

until ,i felt at liberty to leave them4 
,i then proceeded  on to ,new ,york4 ,on
 my arrival ,i called on the ,elder1 ,s4
 ,t1 and was  kindly received by him1   
and after a few days he gave me an      
appointment  in ,brooklyn ,church1 it   
having been near six years since ,i had 
spoken  to that people4 ,but while      
filling several successive appointments 
,i  saw signs of much good being done in
 the name of the ,holy ,child ,jesus1   
which was owned with one accord4 ,when  
entering the pulpit1 the ,bible  being  
torn1 ,i was deprived of finding the    
,text4 ,a young gentleman of  the       
,episcopal ,methodist ,church being     
present1 took occasion on my next       
appointment to present the ,church with 
a large new ,bible4 ,so much for the    
principles of ,christianity4 ,the ,elder
 also gave me three appointments in  the
 ,bethel ,church1 ,new ,york1 at        
,asberry1 in ,allen st4 upper part of   
the  city1--several times in ,flushing  
,church1 and attended a ,love-,feast1   

where  the people spoke in the ,spirit4 
,praise ,god for it4    ,i then returned
 to ,new ,york again1 feeling my        
strength much renewed in  the inward man
 ,christ ,jesus1 ,i saw a large want of 
labor there1 as the  ,prophet ,ezekiel  
said3 8,i saw the river rise to the     
loins of a man40    ,after laboring     
about six weeks and seeing it was not in
 vain2 with the  approbation of the     
,brethren and in answer to a good       
conscience4 ,oh6 that  ,i had language  
to express my mind while ,i hold my pen 
in hand4 ,but had  ,i the tongue of an  
,hannah1 whilst she spoke to ,eli6 ,i   
could not express  the revelation of    
,jesus2 but the bodily strength seemed  
to fail fast4  ,i then returned to      
,philadelphia1 rested four days and was 
called to  ,salem1 ,n4 ,j41 and after   
preaching two or three times crossed the
 ,bay  for ,st4 ,georges1 a town in the 
,state of ,delaware1 and preached twice 
by invitation of the citizens1 and also 
by request ,i spoke in ,delaware  ,city4

 ,here a horse1 gig and driver being    
provided for me1 ,i rode four  or five  
miles in the evening and preached to a  
large congregation of  white and colored
 persons4 ,good behaviour1 but no       
particular display  of ,god's power4 ,i 
returned the same night to ,st4         
,georges1 and spent a  few days with my 
sister1 whom ,i had not seen for eleven 
years previous4  ,i left there a few    
days before ,christmas for              
,philadelphia1 where ,i  remained until 
,january #a1 #ahcc4 ,after which ,i     
started1 in company with  another sister
 for ,new ,hope1 ,pa4 ,we held meetings 
in ,frankford1 then ,i  proceeded to    
,ben-,salem2 from thence to ,attleboro'4
 ,the ,elder1 ,p4 ,s41  was on that     
circuit1 he cordially gave me           
appointments1 and we were  caused to    
rejoice4 ,the ,devil was also at work1  
setting up difficulties  like mountains 
high1 but having a skilful ,pilot ,i    
steered between the  rocks4 ,the        
,church1 having been in a seven years   

law suit1 was gained  by the ,african   
,m4 ,e4 ,connexion4 ,a brother1 ,l4 ,i1 
conveyed us seven  miles1 and ,i        
attended an appointment which was       
visited by the ,spirit of  the ,holy    
,ghost4 ,sister ,c followed in          
exhortation and the meeting was  closed 
by a brother--a crowded house--and were 
requested to hold another4  ,but we     
appointed the next in ,holmesburgh1     
which was alike prosperous4  ,after     
which ,i returned to ,philadelphia1 and 
there remained until ,july #b1  at which
 time ,i left for ,canada1 being a      
second visit to my scattered  nation1   
for which ,i felt a painful impression4 
,for more than six years  the first stop
 was in ,new ,york1 from there to       
,albany1 where ,i remained  three or    
four weeks1 but the ,church was wading  
through deep waters4 ,i  had1 long      
before1 felt a great anxiety to publish 
my religious experience  and exercise to
 a dying world1 but1 laboring under the 
disadvantages of  education1 ,i thought 

it a favour to pay #e to have a portion 
of it taken  from the original of my own
 registering1 and corrected for press4  
,by  special request ,i visited ,troy   
and found a christian spirited minister1
  ,rev4 ,wm4 ,bishop1 with a lively     
society1 and ,i spoke for them--the     
,lord was  with us1 and gave seed to the
 sower and bread to the eater1 at       
different  times2 and1 the next ,sabbath
 ,i preached my ,farewell sermon1 and on
 ,sunday  night ,i held prayer meeting  
in the ,church1 and on the next         
,saturday  ,i left for ,schenectady1    
preached in the ,presbyterian ,church   
twice on  ,sunday1 and was kindly       
entertained2 after which ,i left on     
,monday for  ,utica1 and arrived there  
next morning about sunrise4 ,i spoke for
 them on  ,thursday evening1 also on    
,sunday afternoon to crowded houses of  
lively  ,christians1 and they           
administered to my necessities to assist
 me in  travelling4 ,i felt a great     
liberty in the gospel4 ,from there ,i   

proceeded  to ,rochester1 where ,i      
arrived1 after being two days and a     
night on the  ,canal1 and found ,elder  
,graham with a prosperous ,church1 which
 seemed as  though his labors were much 
blessed4 ,but1 alas6 the ,devil crept   
in--he  left them--they became          
scattered1 the old trustees died1 and   
the other  connexion caught them4 ,but  
during my stay they added several to the
  ,church4 ,i then left for ,little     
,york in ,canada1 which was one day's   
sail  across the ,lakes2 the passage was
 very rough that day4 ,i was directed to
  ,brother ,brown's1 the preacher1 and  
was kindly received by himself and      
wife4 ,i preached on ,sabbath morning   
and afternoon1 and that day we had a    
shout in the ,camp of ,israel4 ,praise  
,god1 the mission was both owned and    
received4 ,after speaking several times 
and holding prayer meetings1 ,i  left   
them for ,niagara1 spoke three times4   
,from there to ,st4 ,david1 and         
preached to a respectable congregation  

of whites and colored persons4  ,six    
years before this ,i visited ,niagara   
and there was a large society of  the   
,a4 ,m4 ,e4 ,connexion1 but at this time
 the very ,chapel was gone1 the         
minister dead1 the people scattered and 
backslid4 ,i1 finding only two  or three
 members at this time and no school1 and
 children coming up in  sin1 then left  
for ,st4 ,catharine2 spoke three times1 
but no particular  revival1 there were  
some who wished to be lords among ,god's
 heritage1 and  the work seemed         
stagnated1 but they used me well1 and ,i
 left them with  peace of mind1 in      
discharging my duty1 for ,george1 and   
spoke on ,sabbath  morning to a white   
and colored congregation in a           
school-house--wonderful  time           
indeed--some shouted1 some mourned1     
others sought for mercy1 and ,i  felt   
the ,holy ,ghost upon me1 glory1 glory1 
glory to ,god4 ,after ,i helped  to lead
 the class1 ,i was insisted upon        
specially to preach a child's  funeral  

sermon1 before the corps left the house1
 a curious circumstance1  which was     
caused by the following incident3 ,seven
 years before ,i had  preached in the   
neighborhood1 to a great mixed          
multitude1 after which ,i  was invited  
to dine by this person1 on which visit  
this child was born1  or on that day2   
after some little hesitation on my part1
 ,i accepted the  invitation and        
preached from the #b;d ,book of ,samuel1
 8,i shall go to him1  but he shall not 
return to me40 ,it was a very solemn    
time--the corps was  then taken to the  
,church of ,england1 and laid before the
 altar1 the  clergy spake over it1 and  
very much to the purpose1 without       
partiality1  and then committed it to   
the breathless grave4 ,on ,thursday     
night ,i  filled an appointment at a    
brother's house1 the ,lord was there4   
,on the  next ,sabbath ,i rode seven    
miles1 preached and helped to lead      
class1 and  the next week ,i left in    
stage for ,little ,york1 but stopped in 

,niagara1  preached several times and   
paid a visit to a new society of        
,wesleyan  ,methodists1 also then       
returned to ,york again1 and preached   
for a society  of ,baptists1 a very     
quiet and attentive congregation1 with  
one exception4  ,text1 by grace ye are  
saved through faith1 that's not of      
yourselves1  it's the gift of ,god4 ,the
 ,devil is always busy in his agency as 
in the  following3 a school-teacher was 
present in the congregation who1 after  
,i concluded my subject1 arose to       
contradict my argument1 he became  very 
much excited and red in his face1 but   
while he was on his feet ,i  expressed a
 desire of the congregation not to      
notice his reply1 and they  accordingly 
treated it with contempt1 which caused  
him to desist with  all his prejudices  
against women4 ,the people were very    
kind4 ,from thence  by steamboat1 ,i    
proceeded to ,hambleton1 which was #ej  
miles2 ,i found no  colored society in  
that place1 but the children went to    

school2 about two  miles from there ,i  
found a class1 and1 by permission of the
 trustees1  on ,wednesday evening1 ,i   
spoke in the ,methodist ,chapel1 to a   
small  congregation1 from a very short  
notice1 but the ,lord owned ,his ,word4 
,after the close of the meeting1 an     
,english gentleman and his lady invited 
me to go home and lodge one night at    
their house1 which ,i did1 and they     
exhibited a great degree of benevolence 
towards me2 may ,god reward them  for   
it4 ,on ,sabbath morning ,i spoke to my 
own people1 and afterwards led  class   
and found the same one ,god owned them  
in worship also4 ,i saw that  seed must 
be sown accordingly4 ,i spoke in the    
afternoon1 and the ,lord  made himself  
manifest by ,his ,spirit in great       
display2 the people1 though  very poor1 
were exceedingly kind2 one of the       
brother preachers1 conveyed  me to      
,dundas and ,flamburg1 west4 ,i preached
 to a large congregation in  the white  
,methodist ,chapel4 ,we had an humble   

waiting upon the ,lord4 ,from  there ,i 
went to ,ancaster1 there the ,lord      
prepared a friend to take care  of me   
through the winter4 ,i preached several 
times and met many friends  whom ,i had 
seen in ,cincinnati2 some gifted        
preachers there1 but no elder  to       
preside4 ,there were many of our society
 there1 called from place to  place1    
which had been scattered like sheep     
without a shepherd--it truly  was       
heart-rending to hear them lamenting the
 loss of their shepherd who  was        
deceased4 ,the brethren kept a watch    
meeting on ,christmas eve4 ,we  enjoyed 
the meeting and spent the night like    
,st4 ,paul2 the next day it  fell to my 
lot to fill an appointment which ,i did 
with both life and  liberty1 7praise    
,god for it7 from the #bnd chap4 of ,st4
 ,luke1 verses  #aj1 #aa4 ,i felt my    
mind lead me to a village called        
,ammonsburg1 on ,lake  ,ontario1 on what
 was called the ,bush side1 but ,i kept 
it with myself and  the ,lord1 and kept 

travelling and preaching as the ,lord   
gave ability4  ,brother ,s4 ,lewis was  
much interested at my anxiety for that  
people's  welfare1 and also ,brother    
,wm4 ,edwards1 a gospel preacher1 who   
had been  instrumental in civilizing and
 christianizing many of the natives whom
  ,i saw in ,brantford1 an ,indian town 
on the ,mohawk river1 where a number  of
 the natives lived along the river side1
 in the woods formed churches  of       
societies of different denominations1   
ours excepted1 and having  no ,methodist
 ,church1 a gentleman1 seeing the       
necessity of a place of  worship for us1
 gave us the privilege of a large house 
to worship in  several times2 truly it  
was cold1 but we had many comfortable   
meetings1  and very many solemn         
impressions made on a number of the     
minds of those  present2 afterwards ,i  
left for ,buffalo4 ,the road was so     
rough that it  caused me to be quite    
sick4 ,i could not stand it to ride #bjj
 miles in  that cold weather1 and ,i    

continued to preach in and out of town  
to  different denominations through     
frost and snow4 ,a gentleman came to me 
after the sermon was over1 and wished me
 ,god's speed in a very friendly        
manner1 then quietly withdrew with his  
ladies in company with him1 with        
politeness4 ,my mind was on ,buffalo1   
,brother ,edwards had not yet formed    
any society4 ,i particularly desired him
 to take my appointment1 which he  did1 
and also read the discipline with proper
 explanations1 wishing to  know who     
would be subject to the government of   
the same1 and there were  ten persons   
came forward and consented to be subject
 as members of our  ,discipline4 ,i went
 to ,ancaster1 stopped at brother       
,lewis' and wife1 and  although she was 
a young married woman1 she was very much
 like a mother  to me4 ,my mind was     
exercised to go to ,ammonsburg1 through 
a gloomy  winter2 that night1 after     
serious meditation1 ,i fell asleep1 and 
suddenly  awoke and received the witness

 that ,i must go4 ,next morning ,i      
informed  brother ,lewis that ,i must   
go1 and1 he1 feeling interested for me1 
had  me conveyed1 in a private carriage1
 that ,i might travel comfortably4  ,in 
the middle of ,february ,i left for     
,chatham1 and arrived there on the      
#bfth of the same month1 where ,i found 
a society scattered1 without a          
shepherd2 some living in the faith of   
,christ1 while others had gone back  to 
the beggarly elements of the world4 ,mr4
 ,lightfoot received me very  kindly2   
his house was open for worship1 where ,i
 had large gatherings some  five or six 
times1 for a new place4 ,the house being
 quite commodious1  and ,mr4 ,lightfoot 
used every endeavor to send me on with  
the gospel to  others4 ,in ,april ,i    
left for ,ammonsburg1 there the         
believers seemed much  strengthened2    
backsliders reclaimed1 and sinners      
converted to ,god4 ,among  which was a  
woman that had belonged to the          
,methodists by profession1  having the  

form of godliness but was destitute of  
the power1 until the  ,spirit of ,god   
arrested her at this time4 ,after which 
she ceased her  carnal amusements2 quit 
dancing and went to praying1 at which   
time she  arose on her feet and said    
that she never saw that dancing was     
wrong  before now--but she had resolved 
to serve ,god in spirit and             
truth--praise  ,god for the victory4    
,for three days in ,ammonsburg we could 
scarcely get  any rest1 from the effects
 of the outpouring of the spirit of     
,god1 on  both white and colored4 ,i was
 still more confirmed in mind that my   
visit  was accepted of my ,god1 who gave
 me this mission in ,christ ,jesus4 ,i  
stopped with a brother1 ,jas4           
,mc,kenney1 and his affectionate wife1  
who had  suffered much in the fear of   
,jesus4 ,brother made an appointment for
 the  next evening for me1 which ,i     
tried to fill4 ,text as follows3 #afth  
chap4  of ,st4 ,matthew's ,gospel1 #bfth
 verse4 ,i was in a strange part of     

,god's  vineyard1 but his power was     
manifest even there2 after which another
  appointment was made for ,sunday      
morning1 which was alike prosperous1 and
  ,i helped to lead class2 then spoke in
 the afternoon and at night with  equal 
success4 ,my mind was much exercised1   
seeing the need of schools4  ,i counted 
#be children and some young people whom 
,i loved4 ,i lamented  their obscurity1 
and advised them to get a white man to  
teach them1 and  endeavored to shew     
them1 that1 without the advantages of   
education they  never would be a moral  
people1 and1 in the course of time1     
their own  children could1 by proper    
advancement1 become teachers for        
themselves4  ,so ,i continued in all the
 towns1 finally they caught the spirit  
and  commenced in the following places2 
in ,ancaster they chose their trustees  
to build a house for school1 and        
likewise to preach in1 at ,brantford1   
at ,chatham1 and ,st4 ,catharine4 ,some 
went to ,st4 ,david's and ,toronto1  to 

,sabbath ,schools1 and in the week also2
 colored and white1 all went  together4 
,after the course of two or three weeks1
 a colored teacher  came to the last    
named place and established a school of 
between #cj or  #dj scholars 7after     
being examined and found competent7     
which improved  the manners of the      
people very much1 and they worshipped in
 their own  ,chapels4 ,their own        
preachers1 exhorters1 and class-leaders 
7colored74  ,there was a young sister   
that wished to travel with me a little  
way1  and brother ,mc,kenney furnished  
us with a driver and conveyance1 and the
  friends received us very kindly1 and1 
to my astonishment1 we were given       
appointments by the trustees of the     
,church4 ,i spoke from the following    
text1 ,by grace ye are saved through    
faith1 that is not of yourselves1 but   
it is the gift of ,god4 ,a ,friend1 ,w1 
was there1 who was ever ready to  oppose
 the ,methodists2 he was a ,baptist     
preacher1 and would invite the          

,methodists to preach for them1 and then
 get up and contradict them2 he  wished 
me to come and preach for them1 but ,i  
felt no spirit of contention  in        
religion and ,i declined4 ,our own      
people were talking of forming a  union 
with the ,canadian ,methodists who were 
a branch of the ,old ,episcopal         
,methodists1 that was raised by the     
missionaries from ,america2 this being  
the time of the split1 but some would   
leave to the ,wesleyan ,methodists4  ,i 
preached five or six different times in 
this village for several  ,sabbaths two 
sermons a day1 in which the ,lord gave  
ability4 ,we continued  our meetings as 
usual1 and invited the old ministers to 
visit us1 which  they did2 and one of   
them gave an exhortation after me1 and  
,god's power  filled the house and the  
guilty were alarmed1 while believers    
rejoiced in  hope of a better           
resurrection4 ,i left that morning1 rode
 five miles with  a friend1 and on      
,wednesday afternoon preached           

again--signs and wonders                
followed--after which ,i continued to   
visit the sick the remainder of the     
week1 and on ,sabbath day ,i rode five  
miles again to the ,chapel1 and  filled 
an appointment in the afternoon for the 
last time as ,i thought1  but the ,lord 
seen best1 and ,i was retained another  
week2 the next ,sabbath  ,i filled an   
appointment from the following text3    
,finally1 brethren1 pray  for us that   
the word of the ,lord have free course  
and be glorified even  as it is with    
you2 which was my ,farewell ,sermon4    
,after which ,i returned  to ,ammonsburg
 in the fear of ,god2 where ,i preached 
several times and saw  many             
manifestations of the operations of the 
,spirit of grace1 and1 on  the following
 ,sabbath1 ,brother ,a made an          
appointment for me six miles  distant1  
and one also for #f o'clock in the      
evening2 we had a very hard  ride       
through the swamp1 and met a large      
gathering both in and out of  doors1 and

 sinners were cut to the heart1 and     
cried aloud for mercy1  which was a     
joyful sound to believers in ,christ    
,jesus4 ,the next evening  ,i spoke     
again from ,isaiah1 chap4 #ei ver4 #a2  
and several of the nobility  taking into
 consideration my necessities1          
contributed to me the sum of  #e4 ,we   
had a quiet waiting upon the ,lord2     
after which ,i and a sister that  was   
with me1 called on ,mr4 ,gardiner and he
 collected some subscriptions  and added
 to the former sum1 for which1 ,i trust1
 ,god will reward all  the cheerful     
givers1 as they were very generous4 ,i  
held prayer-meetings1  visited the sick1
 and passed many joyful moments of sweet
 communion  especially in one sister's  
company1 who was a member of the        
,national  ,church in ,ammonsburg4      
,but in affliction she enjoyed the      
,spirit's grace1 and1 in ,may1 #ahcd1   
we parted as for eternity1 and ,i trust 
to meet her where parting will  be no   
more1 neither will any of us shake the  

parting hand1 for we have  had sweet    
communion together1 in spiritual        
exercises4 ,dear reader1  think not that
 ,i am going to heaven as in golden     
slippers1 for ,i have  various trials to
 encounter while travelling over this   
world so wide1  but ,i feel willing to  
suffer for the cause of ,god1 after     
which ,i shall  7if faithful7 meet many 
of my friends that have communed with me
 in the  ,spirit1 where we never1 never 
shall shake the parting hand--these are 
the  consolations in affliction as      
described in ,rev4 chap4 #ab1 #aath     
verse4  ,and they overcame him by the   
,blood of the ,lamb1 and by the word of 
their  testimony1 and they loved not    
their lives unto death2 and whilst ,i   
move  my pen my soul rejoices in ,god my
 ,redeemer4 ,having filled my mission ,i
  parted with my friends in joy4 ,i     
sailed for ,detroit city1 #ah miles1    
then  bid adieu to ,british shores1 not 
knowing that ,i should ever step on them
  again4 ,i was kindly received on      

,american possessions by a respectable  
family from ,cincinnati1 a ,mr4 ,d4 ,i  
felt there was a work for me to do  in  
that part of ,god's vineyard4 ,i arrived
 on ,tuesday and on ,thursday  evening  
we had a comfortable meeting at the     
usual place4 ,i met with much           
encouragement in laboring for the ,lord1
 and many impressions were made on  the 
minds of the hearers4 ,the evening      
previous to my landing ,i saw some  of  
the ,american affliction towards the    
people of color1 such as mobbing1  theft
 and destruction4 ,wo unto the          
inhabitants of the earth and the sea1   
for the ,devil is come down unto you4   
,on the following ,sabbath morning1  #aj
 o'clock1 ,i preached again1 then lead  
class--a soul reviving time1  indeed--at
 #g o'clock1 ,p4 ,m4 ,i preached again1 
and the house was crowded to            
overflowing1 it not being sufficient to 
hold the people4 ,text as follows3  ,and
 the gospel of the kingdom shall be     
preached unto all the world for  a      

witness1 and then shall the end come4   
,after which we visited a prayer        
meeting held by the stationed minister  
in the white ,church1 which was  truly  
comfortable4 ,on the next ,sabbath ,i   
had an appointment made for me  on the  
,british side in a dwelling house1 but1 
it not being sufficient  to hold the    
people1 the ,episcopal ,methodists      
opened their session-room  which was    
larger and well crowded with various    
denominations4 ,text1 #ast  chap4 ,st4  
,john2 ver4 #de4 ,the ,lord touched my  
tongue as with a live coal  from his    
altar1 and we had a good time as from   
the hand of the ,lord1  and the ,amens  
of the preachers1 elders1 and leaders1  
helped to swell  the theme of rejoicing4
 ,glory to ,god1 we had all things      
common4 ,but now  feeling my mission    
ended ,i waited for the first           
opportunity and took  passage for       
,buffalo4 ,three hundred and sixty miles
 on ,lake ,ontario1 and1  ,i must say1  
the most uncomfortable passage ,i ever  

experienced1 although  the boat was     
commodious1 yet they treated the people 
of color very  indifferently indeed1 as 
regards their accommodation1 and yet    
charged  them a high price1 ,i having   
paid #d4ej4 ,after two uncomfortable    
days'  and nights' sail1 we arrived at  
,buffalo wharf about six o'clock1 ,a4   
,m4  ,six years had elapsed since ,i had
 been in ,buffalo1 which was the first  
time1 but during my absence many changes
 had taken place1 the loss of  some of  
my particular friends by death and other
 moveable causes4 ,but ,i  found a ,mrs4
 ,davis1 who was a great friend indeed  
to the people of ,god4  ,i felt my      
mission truly in this part of ,his      
vineyard--there were a few  of the      
,episcopal ,methodists1 but no          
established society4 ,the ,baptist      
denomination had the majority of the    
people1 they opened their places  of    
worship and ,i preached and held prayer 
meetings three or four times  among     
them1 which was attended with           

considerable success4 ,i also had the   
pleasure of meeting an anti-slavery     
society where ,i heard some very able   
discussions on the rights of the        
oppressed1 and also clear demonstrations
  of the cruelty of the slave-holder1   
which was exposed with all its horror   
by a young man by the name of ,l1 but   
was greatly opposed by the ,judge  of   
the city1 after which the young man     
arose to his feet the second time  in   
which it seemed nothing escaped his     
exposure4 ,i1 about this time had       
written from ,buffalo to ,philadelphia  
7as it was shown me by the ,spirit  that
 my son had embraced religion7 to know  
the fact of the matter1 as ,i  was some 
hundred miles from home and received the
 satisfactory answer  by letter from his
 own hand1 which explained his          
conviction--the length  of the distress 
of his mind--the severity of which had  
caused him to  seek opportunity to put  
an end to his own existence1 but in the 
act he  was told to try to pray once    

more1 by the voice of the ,spirit1 which
 he  consented to do1 but concealed his 
intention from the people1 which had    
been suggested by the ,devil1 to take   
his own life1 and it would be all  over4
 ,in this extremity it was ,god's       
opportunity by his act of obedience  to 
convert his soul1 after bringing him to 
the ground like a ,saul of  ,tarsus1 and
 now stands as a living witness that    
,god has power on earth to  forgive sin4
    ,o ,reader1 you may only imagine the
 joy of my heart at such language as    
this from my only son1 whom1 it seemed1 
,god had left as a comfort to me  in my 
old age1 more especially after not      
having had any communication  from him  
for eight months1 and then he was very  
ill which made my cross  seem very      
heavy1 but ,i trusted in ,god1 although 
,i expected to hear of  his death when  
,i did hear any thing1 but1 on my knees 
at a brother and  sister ,l's at family 
prayer was shown these things by        
revelation of  ,spirit1 which caused me 

to get up off my knees and ,i exclaimed 
aloud1 the  ,lord has converted the soul
 of my son1 for which we had a shout    
around  the room1 and then comes the    
letter as a witness of the same from his
  own written composition4 ,i scarcely  
knew how to praise the ,lord enough1    
and for another reason when ,i thought  
that ,god granted what ,i had prayed    
for1 from the days of his childhood1    
while ,i travelled the barren wilds1  of
 lonesome hills1 and gloomy vales4 ,but 
so much for trusting in ,god  who will  
not let the prayers of his people pass  
unnoticed1 but is bound  to hear and    
answer when they pray aright4 ,praise   
the ,lord1 ,o my soul1  magnify his     
name4        ,with joy let ,judah stand 
,on ,zion's chosen hill1      ,proclaim 
the wonders of thy hand1      ,and      
councils of thy will4    ,i now began to
 feel my mission somewhat complete as   
regards distance1  and therefore        
concluded to return towards home4 ,a    
brother and his wife  crossed the ,lakes

 with me for company1 ,i then took the  
cars1 and bid  them adieu4 ,i remained  
in ,rochester a while after my arrival1 
but1 to my  sorrow and surprise1 a      
society that1 twelve months previous1   
was large  and seemed every way         
prosperous1 had nearly dwindled         
away--the preacher  gone and the people 
scattered except a resolute few1 who    
were bound to  go through1 and that at  
the risk of their all2 and to them ,i   
endeavored  to fulfil my mission4 ,i    
also spoke for the ,wesleyan            
,methodists--they  treated me with      
christian fellowship4 ,our ,lord said1  
they that are for  us are not against   
us1 forbid them not--it truly was       
comfortable4 ,there  was seed to the    
sower and bread to the eater4 ,i also   
stopped at ,palmyra1  visited the sick  
and otherwise endeavored to fill my     
mission4 ,a little  difficulty existed1 
relative to a slave girl being concealed
 and taken  away1 but while we were at  
worship the ,justice of the ,peace was  

in the  house and every thing seemed    
quiet4 ,after service1 the congregation 
quietly withdrew--this was on the #fth  
of ,august4 ,on the next day a lady  of 
color paid for a seat for herself and   
me1 and we took passage on to           
,canondagua1 #af miles2 there ,i found a
 ,church and people prosperous4 ,they   
received me kindly--my first            
appointment1 #aa o'clock1 ,sabbath      
morning2  the word had some impressions1
 in the afternoon still better1 at night
  ,god was his own interpreter1 the     
hallowed fire began to run to sin's     
confusion4 ,i had several appointments  
through the week1 which were alike      
prosperous4 ,although ,i felt my        
inability1 yet the answer to a good     
conscience strengthened me1 even in a   
strange land1 and1 with ,paul1 ,i  can  
say ,i am not ashamed of the ,gospel of 
,christ1 for it is the power  of ,god to
 every one that believes4 ,i then took  
stage for ,geneva1 having               
recommendations to these little towns or

 villages1 ,i found a few members  of   
the ,episcopal ,methodists1 and also of 
the ,presbyterian denomination2  they   
were very friendly and opened their     
house to entertain me--the  colored     
gentlemen of the vicinity around were   
building a house for the  ,travelling   
,missionaries to preach in2 it was      
opened for me1 and ,i felt  great       
liberty in endeavoring to labour for the
 ,lord2 tears of contrition  dropped    
freely2 a sister there shewed great     
hospitality towards me4 ,after  filling 
three appointments1 ,i left on the third
 day of the week4 ,i took  stage for    
,ithaca1 having had an invitation from  
the ,rev4 ,h4 ,j who had  the charge4 ,i
 arrived about #d o'clock in the        
afternoon and was taken to  ,elder ,h4  
,j4 ,before ,i entered the town ,i felt1
 according to the movings  of the       
,spirit1 that the ,lord would pour out  
his ,spirit upon the people1  for which 
,i yet rejoice in hope of a better      
resurrection4 ,we met in the  unity of  

the ,spirit and continued so with       
humility--the friends were kind  indeed 
to me1 in and from the noble edifices of
 the large conveniences1  to the humble 
cottage of ,christian inmates4 ,but an  
humble heart is better  than a          
sacrifice4 ,the society was young but   
was composed of some very  respectable  
people1 and useful citizens4            
,congregations large1 class  lively1 and
 the ,spirit of ,god visited us in      
abundant measure1 which  made the people
 speak with great confidence in the     
,lord4 ,though hard  toiling1 yet duty  
makes labor light2 some backsliders     
reclaimed1 sinners  converted1 and      
believers strengthened2 while many      
joined the ,church1  which was a sign of
 some good in the name of the holy child
 ,jesus4 ,after  which my visit closed  
in peace with ,god1 peace with all men1 
and the  answer of a good conscience4 ,i
 was next conveyed by carriage to the   
steamboat1 and took passage for ,albany4
 ,crossing the ,seneca river or  lake1  

where passengers meet the canal boat for
 ,albany1 which was my next  stopping   
place4 ,i was recommended by a gentleman
 to the captain2 took  passage2 and     
after a pleasant voyage of two days and 
nights1 we arrived  at ,schenectady1 and
 the next morning we arrived at ,albany4
 ,the ,rev4  ,mr4 ,williams was         
stationed there2 ,i payed him a visit2  
the preachers  generally professed a    
,christian ,spirit4 ,the task seemed as 
though laid  on a ,jonah2 ,i preached   
twice on ,sabbath day2 and through the  
aid of ,bro4  ,s4 ,s1 ,i was able to get
 to ,new ,york4 ,rev4 ,r4 ,w was one of 
the oldest  ,elders in the ,african     
,methodist ,episcopal ,church1 who has  
since that  fell in the battle-field1   
declaring war against the power of      
,darkness1  and his bones were buried   
with all the honors of war4 ,let me live
 the  life of the righteous and let my  
last end be like his4 ,on my arrival at 
,new ,york1 ,i found the ,rev4 ,s4 ,s1  
,elder1 stationed there2 ,i spent three 

weeks in that city2 ,i preached in      
,bethel2 in ,allen ,church several      
times2  good congregations for that part
 of the town1 but the other was crowded4
  ,i only mention a few texts1 #ast     
,sam4 #b;d chap4 #fth ver42 #c;d chap   
,hebrews1  #c first verses4 ,brother    
,jacob ,matthews gave me an appointment 
in ,zion  ,church1 and ,i felt the      
,lord1 as before mentioned1 to be very  
close to  me4 ,the ,rev4 ,t4 ,e gave me 
an appointment in ,asbury ,church on    
,sabbath  night1 text1 #c;d chap4 of    
,st4 ,matthew1 #abth verse1 which was a 
night  long to be remembered by all     
present2 the ,lord made bare his arm2   
some  were arrested under the power of  
,god1 and fell to the floor crying for  
mercy1 while believers were strengthened
 in the faith of ,christ4 ,i also  had  
appointments in ,brooklyn1 ,l4 ,i42     
there we were much favored with good    
meetings2 a number of ,old ,methodists1 
with faithful preachers who kept  the   
flock of ,christ alive2 and our labors  

were crowned with success1 and          
additions to the ,church4 ,in the midst 
of life we are in death4 ,since ,i  had 
been last at this place1 previous to my 
tour in ,british ,america1  the young   
gentleman that manifested such          
friendship for the ,church by           
presenting it with a ,bible for my      
appointment1 had bid adieu to time and  
had gone to the mansions of bliss4 ,the 
day previous to my arrival1 ,i  stopped 
at ,bro4 ,t's1 one of the oldest        
standard families that celebrated  the  
,church of ,god2 his wife1 a mother and 
sister upwards of seventy years  of age2
 whose character was unblemished1 faith 
firm1 although afflicted1  yet cheerful1
 with a short illness1 in ,september1   
#ahce1 left the world  in triumph4 ,i   
commenced my journey for ,canada1 in    
#ahcb4 ,from the second  day of ,july to
 the fifteenth day of ,october1 years   
following1 #ahcc1 ,i  had preached #ach 
sermons1 and travelled between #bg and  
#bh hundred miles4  ,returned from      

,brooklyn1 and attended a quarterly     
meeting at ,flushing2  ,bro4 ,j4 ,s1    
elder in charge4 ,saturday evening ,i   
gave an exhortation1 and  preached      
,sunday afternoon at #c o'clock1 the    
,lord accompanied the word1  and1 be it 
remembered1 it will be either a savor of
 life unto life or  of death unto death4
 ,having finished my visit ,i felt      
anxious to go to  ,philadelphia2 feeling
 my labors to come to a close for the   
present4 ,i  arrived safe at home1 found
 my son and friends all well1 and then  
heard  the truth of his conversion1 for 
which ,i yet give glory to ,god4 ,i was 
three days in the city and left for     
,salem1 ,n4 ,j41 on business2 finding   
the doors opened to me ,i preached in   
the ,church2 we had a comfortable       
waiting upon the ,lord1 but no          
particular display of his power4 ,after 
which ,i crossed the bay to ,new        
,castle1 ,del4 and then proceeded to see
 my  long lost sister2 this being the   
second time in forty-two or forty-three 

years--there ,i found a large field of  
labor4 ,preached in a school-house  by  
permission of ,mr4 ,s1 he being a man of
 authority1 and chief owner  of a large 
part of the town4 ,i was also sent for  
to speak in ,delaware--a  horse and gig 
and dinner prepared--,i was taken five  
or six miles1 blessed  with a full house
 and ,i felt the power from the upper   
world1 and the  ,lord was with me4      
,after two days visit my mind being     
easy1 ,i rested1 and  on the third day  
,i left for ,philadelphia2 finding all  
well1 ,i remained  for a few days1 and  
then left for the ,rev4 ,r4 ,r's        
circuit1 and found  him a ,christian and
 a gentleman4 ,i first hailed           
,burlington1 and met the  ministerial   
order of ,brethren1 who received me with
 joy4        ,the ,vineyard of the ,lord
 before the laborer lies4    ,we had    
several very good meetings2 ,i then     
crossed over to ,bristol and  spoke once
 or twice in a dwelling-house1 at which 
time the ,lord verified  his promises1  

which are1 ,i will hearken unto4 ,i     
proceeded on my journey  to ,trenton1   
which was ,elder ,robinson's ,circuit4  
,two or three days after  this he       
arrived in the city4 ,on ,sabbath       
morning he preached and was much        
favored by the ,spirit of the ,lord4 ,at
 night ,i preached and felt joy in my   
soul2 from there he gave me other       
appointments4 ,my mind was cleared and  
the ,scriptures opened themselves to my 
mind and ,i felt strengthened2 some     
shouted1 others wept4 ,i feel the holy  
influence of that fire now1 while  my   
pen makes record of the same to a dying 
world4 ,let the inhabitants of  the     
rocks sing1 and let them shout as from  
the top of the mountains4 ,i  preached  
another sermon from the #eith chap4 of  
,isaiah1 #abth verse4 ,the  fire kindled
 some where1 and the hearty amens that  
ascended the hill  of the ,lord seemed  
to strike guilt to the hearts of        
sinners4 ,i helped  to lead class4 ,o1  
the worth and value of precious souls   

which cause me  oft to mourn4 ,i        
preached again from the #bb;d chap4 of  
,rev4 #ast ver4 ,the  prayers of ,god's 
people helped me1 and the power of ,god1
 like the dew of  heaven1 was let down  
upon us1 and the sower and reaper       
rejoiced together1  independent of      
various opposition4 ,i also spoke from  
,romans1 #ast chap4  #afth ver41 and    
spoke three times on ,sabbath day2 and  
,i felt more strength  at the last      
appointment than ,i did at the first1   
which proves the  assertion of          
,scripture1 freely give and freely      
receive4 ,i also visited  the sick1     
after which they gave me some           
appointments at ,princeton1 a hard  part
 of the vineyard4 ,i had my talent and  
to use it ,i was not ashamed1  although 
the substance seemed to be lost--full   
houses4 ,the ,presbyterian  friends were
 very kind to me and received me with   
,christian friendship4  ,the weather    
cold1 and travelling hard1 through      
wintry storms to pass4 ,the  first text1

 ,let the dead bury the dead4 ,it seemed
 a little astonishing1  especially to   
the brethren4 ,i continued1 and on      
different times filling  appointments4  
,from thence to ,brunswick2 and one of  
the coldest days1 rode  sixteen miles2  
the ,lord was with me1 and ,i had great 
liberty of speech2  a church and a large
 congregation2 and the power of ,god was
 more fully  manifest than at           
,princeton2 and the ,lord added such to 
the ,church as1 ,i  trust1 will be      
eternally saved4 ,i remained there to   
labor for the ,lord  two or three weeks1
 and there was a general revival        
throughout in prayer  meetings1 both of 
male and female1 and in class meetings2 
not my labors1  reader1 but the merit   
belongs to ,god alone4        ,praise   
the ,lord1 ye heavens adore him2        
,praise him all ye stars of light2      
,sun and moon rejoice before him1       
,praise him1 angels in your heights4    
,after my return to ,philadelphia in    
,december1 #ahce1 ,i saw a large field  

open to my view1 it being a strong      
place1 and many different spirits to    
contend with1 ,i endeavored to commend  
this portion of sacred ,writ3 ,job1     
#bb;d chap4 #ajth ver41 ,but he knoweth 
the way ,i take2 when he hath tried  me 
,i shall come forth as gold2 again1     
,rev4 #c;d chap41 #hth ver41 and ,i     
seemed much troubled1 as being          
measurably debarred from my own ,church 
as regards this privilege ,i had been so
 much used to2 ,i could scarcely  tell  
where to go or stay in my own house4 ,i 
said1 ,lord1 where shall ,i go8  and was
 directed to brother ,murray1 ,elder    
then of ,little ,wesley ,church1  and   
when coming to his house he expressed   
his astonishment at my coming  out      
through the inclemency of such weather1 
,i paused1 then told him ,i  was sent to
 him and knew not for what2 he said ,i  
know--then he gave me an  appointment on
 ,sunday night1 and on the following    
,wednesday evening2 from  there ,i      
received an appointment at ,zoar        

,church1 by the elder1 and the  ,lord   
converted one soul1 which caused me     
still more to rejoice in ,god my        
,saviour2 from that the elder of ,wesley
 ,church gave me an appointment and  ,i 
preached to a large congregation1 and   
felt strong in the cause of my  ,god4   
,my call seemed chiefly in              
,philadelphia4 ,in the year #ahce ,i    
travelled  #gba miles1 and preached #fib
 sermons4 ,i also spoke in ,bethel      
,church2 some  false brethren4 ,they    
that are not for us are against us1 and 
if they are  against ,god's ministry1   
whether male or female1 they are against
 ,god1  who says ,i send by whom ,i     
will1 for all are one in ,christ ,jesus4
 ,may  the ,lord pardon their errors1   
and make them be careful how they handle
  edged tools4 ,in #ahcf ,i travelled   
#eef miles1 and preached #aaa sermons2  
and felt under much exercise to print a 
book1 and ,i had some friends  to       
encourage me1 such as the ,rev4 ,r4 ,r1 
and the ,bishop1 with others2  and every

 circumstance was so favorable that ,i  
finally succeeded1 and  when they were  
brought home1 ,i sat down in the house  
and wondered how ,i  should dispose of  
them2 to sell them appears too much like
 merchandize4  ,while in this situation 
it was suggested to my mind1 you must   
pay for  them1 or it will do more harm  
to the ,gospel than if you had not      
printed  them4 ,but to myself1 7if not  
printed7 would be the scourge of a      
guilty  conscience before the ,lord4 ,at
 #d o'clock1 ,p4 ,m41 my mind was       
directed  to a ,presbyterian sister1 and
 on my way ,i met ,bishop ,allen's widow
 who  bought one1 and that afternoon ,i 
sold one dollar and fifty cents' worth4 
,the ,lord so blessed the offering of   
that work to the world1 that in less    
than four months ,i paid sixty dollars  
through ,god's assistance1 for the      
expenses which gave me great tranquility
 of mind1 and caused me to feel  still  
more like wearing out in the service of 
,god4 ,various are the ways  through the

 interposition of ,providence that ,i   
succeeded in disposing of  that little  
work1 viz43 camp-meetings1 quarterly    
meetings1 in the public  streets1 c4    
,praise ,god for his mercies as well as 
his graces4    ,after this ,i started   
for a ,camp-meeting1 near ,baltimore4   
,on my arrival  ,i received two         
appointments1 and after the ,bishop     
came1 still more was  given to me1 and  
at one time the power of ,god arrested  
an individual  and he cried aloud1 fell 
out of the door and was reclaimed4 ,i   
preached  three sermons in the ,african 
,m4 ,e4 ,church1 and ,god gave us souls 
at  every meeting1 and my heart rejoiced
 to see sinners coming to ,god4         
,notwithstanding ,i had my opposers ,i  
out-live them through the strength  of  
,him1 that yet loves ,his faithful      
followers4 ,after seeing so many        
displays of the miraculous power of     
,god1 ,i returned to the city of        
,baltimore1 with peace of conscience4   
,after which my mind was exercised  to  

go to ,elicott's ,mills to preach in the
 ,african ,m4 ,e4 ,church1 and was      
accompanied by a dear sister1 previously
 having had conversation with  ,bishop  
,walters he sent a letter to the        
preacher in charge1 who received  me    
with christian spirit4 ,in the morning  
,i led class and in the afternoon  ,i   
had an appointment1 and preached from   
the #eth ,chapter of ,st4 ,luke1 #ahth  
#aith verses4 ,a full house1 with       
attentive hearers1--praise ,god for a   
visitation of ,his ,spirit4 ,an humble  
groan is better than a sacrifice4 ,at   
night ,i spoke from the #gth ,chapter of
 ,hebrews1 #abth  #acth verses1 and     
wonderful to relate1 if language could1 
the power of feeling4 ,and well  may it 
be said that feeling has no fellow4 ,on 
,thursday night ,i spoke from  the #fast
 ,chapter of ,isaiah1 #ast verse3 ,and  
truly ,i was anointed4 ,and  one visible
 sign of the manifestation of the       
,spirit of ,god was1 an aged  lady was  
caused to cry aloud1 under the distress 

of mind1 and many more1  too tedious to 
mention4 ,during the whole week1 ,i     
continued to visit the  sick1 c4 ,one   
case ,i here mention as a caution to    
those who procrastinate  the day of     
,salvation1 which is as follows4 ,by    
request1 ,i called to see  a            
,slave-holder of a tyrannical turn1 said
 to be very wicked4 ,but he had         
received a summons1 served by the       
officer ,death1 and ,i saw it pictured  
in  his face2 previous to which ,i had  
heard of his selling two men from their 
wives1 recently4 ,i asked him what he   
thought of dying2 if he was prepared  to
 meet the change4 ,he told me he was    
not4 ,he was very ill1 could not        
recover1 but wanted religion and could  
not get it2 but wished me to have       
prayers with him4 ,this ,i did1 but it  
was of no avail1 although it was  truly 
solemn4 ,i then exhorted him to have    
faith in the merits of the  blood of    
,christ1 and then left him1 a repining  
subject for eternity4        8,don't you

 see how unexpected in my chariot ,i do 
ride1      ,convulsion fits1 ,plagues   
and ,fevers1 are the weapons by my      
side40                                  
,death4    ,after this1 ,i returned to  
,baltimore1 and from thence ,i was      
conducted  to ,springtown1 and spoke in 
the morning1 ,sunday1 #aa o'clock4      
,text1 in  ,psalms4 ,no extra display in
 the afternoon4 ,brother ,h4 ,u41 held  
forth to a  very large congregation4 ,at
 night ,i preached again4 ,by this time 
there  was inroads made upon the minds  
of the people1--they caught the         
,hallowed  ,flame1 and some shouted1    
while others were convicted and         
reclaimed1  and ,i was lifted up in     
,word and ,doctrines of our ,lord and   
,saviour  ,jesus ,christ4 ,on ,monday   
night ,i held a ,prayer-meeting1--next  
morning ,i  started for ,baltimore1     
quite indisposed1 but being once more   
restored  to health1 ,i preached on the 
following ,sabbath night in ,bethel     
,church1  ,baltimore1 appointment by    

,bishop ,walters4 ,text1 ,acts #ahth    
,chapter1 #ith   #ajth verses1 with     
special references1 from ,chapter #bj2  
#aith1 #bjth1  #bast  #bb;d verses4 ,on 
the ensuing ,wednesday night ,i preached
 again from  ,prophet ,joel1 ,chapter   
#ast41  #ast vers4 ,the slain of the    
,lord truly was  many4 ,again ,i spoke  
from ,hebrews1 ,chapter #gth2 #abth     
#acth verses1 at  #c o'clock1 ,p4 ,m41  
and ,god's name was glorified4 ,i had   
great liberty of  speech--bless the     
,lord4 ,it is a good cause to live in1  
but better to die  in4 ,it is sweeter   
than life and stronger than death4      
,the ,bishop gave me an appointment on  
the following ,sabbath night4 ,text1    
from one of ,peters' ,epistles1 #eth    
verse4 ,the word preached had its       
effect4 ,three persons were arrested    
under the power of ,god and felled to   
the floor at once4 ,the grand-mother and
 her daughter and grand-daughter  cried 
aloud for mercy4 ,in the meanwhile a    
gentleman fell on his face and  cried   

for ,sanctification2 and there was a    
general rumbling among the dry  bones4  
,praise ,god1 for ,i feel the unction   
from on high1 while ,i hold my  pen4    
,i next started for ,long ,green1 a     
distance of sixteen miles4 ,a sister ,i 
who had been travelling with me1 as also
 brother ,dunn1 accompanied us4 ,i      
spoke from ,acts #ag1 verse #ca4 ,three 
persons found peace1 several under      
serious impressions4 ,the word still had
 a lasting effect1 and they sent  for us
 again4 ,we complied1 accompanied by our
 ,rev4 brother2 although the  morning   
was very cold1 we were blest to get     
there in time for ,church1  and by the  
help of ,god1 ,i tried to speak to the  
people from these words4  8,although you
 tread upon scorpions and serpents1 they
 shall not hurt you1  having faith40    
,the word went out and did not return   
void2 for two found  peace that day1 and
 we left some on the floor mourning for 
redemption in  ,christ1 while others    
wore deep symptoms of serious           

impressions for the  welfare of their   
souls4 ,we left at #d o'clock in the    
afternoon1 but the  meeting continued   
until night4 ,may ,god continue to water
 every plant in  ,zion4 ,i preached and 
sold my books1 and paid my own way4 ,i  
returned to  ,philadelphia in ,december4
 ,after ,i arrived my health was much   
impaired1  and ,i had a severe spell of 
sickness4 ,so ended #ahcf4    ,i        
commenced travelling ,march #aath1      
#ahcg4 ,eight miles from ,philadelphia1 
,i preached three ,sermons4 ,two at     
,blaketown1 ,n4 ,j41 after which ,i took
  ,steam-boat for ,st4 ,georges1 ,del41 
to see my sister2 at the request  of    
,doct4 1 he being the main proprietor of
 the town1 ,i accepted an  appointment  
and filled it4 ,i then spent a few days 
with my sister1 and  left for ,salem1   
,n4 ,j4 ,preached two ,sermons on       
,sabbath day1 two miles  from ,salem1   
and we had a good meeting1--for1 where  
the ,lord is1 there  is liberty4 ,on    
,wednesday left for ,greenwich1 preached

 three times1 and  the ,lord was there  
in power1 and my soul witnessed it4     
,from thence ,i  proceeded to  and there
 truly was a revival among the people1  
which  gave me encouragement to trust in
 ,god4 ,from there ,i proceeded on to   
,port ,elizabeth1 and spoke in the      
,ebenezer ,church1 to a very large and  
respectable congregation from seventh   
chapter1 ,hebrews1 #abth  #acth  verses4
 ,on ,sunday #c o'clock1 ,p4 ,m41 ,i    
preached at the same ,church1 then  ,i  
proceeded six miles further and preached
 one ,sermon to the ,forgemen1  and     
tried to give them the ,gospel1 but ,i  
did not feel that liberty  of ,spiritual
 fellowship as ,i did at many places1 to
 see professing  ,christians working    
hard on the ,sabbath at the forge1 and  
then walk into  ,church1 to keep the    
,sabbath ,holy is1 in my opinion1       
altogether out of  the question4        
,however ,i returned from that place the
 same night1 and on  ,monday ,i left for
 ,goshen1 ,cape ,may1 to see my aged    

mother1 then #gh years  of age4 ,i found
 her happy in the ,lord1 and my sister  
also4 ,i preached  three sermons on     
,cape ,may and left them as ,i found    
them1 in the hands  of ,god4 ,i arrived 
on my return1 at ,port ,elizabeth on the
 next ,sabbath  morning1 filled an      
appointment both morning and night4     
,next morning ,i  took stage for        
,philadelphia1 where ,i arrived on ,june
 #eth1 found all  well4 ,our ,conference
 being held in ,may1 ,i concluded ,i    
must have some  of the ,feast4 ,three or
 four days after this ,i proceeded to   
,new ,york1  from there on to ,albany1  
,elder ,williams having charge of the   
,church4 ,i  preached nine sermons4     
,some revivals1 some joined the ,church1
 and members  strengthened in the ,faith
 of ,christ4 ,i also visited ,troy1     
preached three  ,sermons there1 one for 
a white congregation4 ,we had a good    
meeting2 and  ,i was well treated by the
 friends4 ,on my return to ,albany ,i   
preached two  sermons--and truly enjoyed

 myself in the ,lord4 ,i then returned  
to ,new ,york  with an appeal to the    
conscience of every man1 as regards my  
endeavors  to do good1--bless the ,lord4
 ,duty makes labor light4 ,my visit was 
to be  accomplished in ,new ,york and   
,brooklyn4 ,rev4 ,wm4 ,c4 1 having      
charge at  both places1 gave me         
appointments4 ,preached four sermons in 
,new ,york1  five in ,brooklyn and two  
in ,flushing and one in ,williamsburg4  
,knowing my religious visits were nearly
 closed for the present1 ,i availed     
myself of the opportunity of visiting   
the different ,schools1 the most        
impressive was that of ,mr4 ,louis      
,tappan1 which ,i think exceeded all ,i 
had  ever seen2 the principles in       
different branches which had been1 and  
in  some instances1 are yet hid from the
 people of color1 to deprive them of    
their enjoyments1 were here taught them1
 which greatly helped to elevate  them  
to a position that would command respect
 through the short voyage  of life4     

,these are the proceeds of vital piety4 
8,do unto all men1 as ye  would they    
should do unto you40 ,love1 truly1 is   
the fulfilment of the  ,law4 ,o6 may the
 day speedily come when the yoke of     
oppression shall be  finally destroyed4 
,under a striking impulse of gratitude1 
and at the  request of ,mr4 ,tappan1 ,i 
delivered a short address and then left 
the  ,school with the answer to a good  
conscience4 ,then leaving ,new ,york1 ,i
  arrived at ,new ,brunswick1 where ,i  
was kindly received4 ,preached three    
sermons2 truly1 the ,lord was there in  
power4 ,next ,i proceeded to ,rahway1   
preached four sermons1 and some were    
added to the church4 ,from that to      
,princeton1 and preached four sermons4  
,no particular display of ,god's  power2
 yet my soul rejoices in hope of the    
promise4 8,if ,israel is not  gathered1 
,jacob shall not lose his reward40 ,i   
then left for ,trenton1 met  a          
,quarterly ,meeting1 and the ,elder gave
 me two appointments4 ,his labors  had  

been very successful on his circuit4 ,i 
then left for ,philadelphia1  and found 
my friends well4 ,this being the month  
of ,november1 ,i remained  a-while in   
the city4 ,i preached in ,bethel ,church
 and the ,union also4 ,dec4  #bnd ,i    
left for ,new-,hope1 with a sister      
speaker4 ,she and myself attended  two  
churches by the permission of the       
,elder1 ,r4 ,r4 4 ,i preached five      
sermons before ,christmas1 #ast at      
brother ,s's house1 #bnd at the         
,mountain1  and #crd in the new church2 
praise ,god for it4 8,long expected1    
seen at  last40 ,the #ast text as       
follows3 8,wisdom is justified of her   
children10  c4 it was a time long to be 
remembered4 ,i preached the             
,watch-,night  sermon ,christmas ,eve1  
from ,matt4 #bnd chap4 and #ajth verse1 
and during  my stay until ,new-,years   
,eve1 there was great good done in the  
name of  the ,holy ,child ,jesus4 ,in   
travelling towards ,frankford ,i stopped
 at  ,holmesburg for the purpose of     

warning some persons of approaching     
danger1  but finding an intimate friend 
of mine very ill1 ,i paid her a         
religious  visit1 which gave me much    
satisfaction to see her resignation unto
 death4  ,i purposed leaving next       
morning for ,frankford at #i o'clock1   
but she died1  and the ,elder and       
preacher being at a far distance from   
there1 by special  request ,i attended  
the funeral1 and after a short sermon at
 the house ,i  had to commit the body to
 the earth1 as no other person was      
present to do  it4 ,i then left for     
,frankford1 preached four sermons which 
was profitable  through ,god's grace4   
,feb'ry4 #afth1 ,i started for          
,attleboro4 ,i spoke from the following 
passages3 ,romans #fth chap4 #bast #bb;d
 #bc;d verses4 ,also from the #hth      
,chapter1 #cfth  #cgth verses4 ,at first
 it seemed like seed sown in stony      
ground1 but the deadness began to       
remove1 and life1 light and immortality 
was come to pass through the preaching  

of the ,cross of ,christ4 ,i preached   
one sermon in ,ben-,salem1 and held a   
prayer meeting1 and the ,lord  smiled   
upon us1 and truly some had in a measure
 lost their first love1  and others who 
had not defiled their garments1 but     
contended for the  fulfilment of the    
promise4 ,now1 coming towards           
,philadelphia1 ,i found my  son and my  
friends all well4 ,after preaching one  
hundred and forty-six  sermons and      
travelling nine hundred and ninety-nine 
miles4    ,in ,april1 ,i felt impressed 
to visit ,reading1 ,pa41 which ,i did1  
and met  some that ,i had met with years
 before1 testifying that ,god is ,god1  
and  changes not4 ,i preached five      
sermons1 and truly ,i must say that the 
,gospel is prevailing4 ,some few years  
previous there was not one member  of   
church1 now there is a good church and a
 large society4 ,i now went to          
,norristown1 spoke five times and led   
class4 ,a man formerly lived there  that
 played on the violin1 but leaving his  

place of residence went to              
,philadelphia and embraced religion1 and
 was called to go to the people of  that
 town to preach the gospel to them1 and 
the ,lord blessed his labors1  and they 
now live in hope of a better            
resurrection4    ,july #aeth1 #ahch1 ,i 
left for ,westchester1 preached two     
sermons4 ,from there  ,i went to        
,chichester1 from that to the ,valley1  
laboring as ,i passed  along to lively  
congregations4 ,on the #bc;d ,i left for
 ,columbia1 calling  on ,rev4 ,s4 ,s4 1 
he gave me three appointments4 ,god     
revived his work in  the hearts of his  
people1 and while my pen moves my heart 
burns with love  to ,god4 ,next ,i left 
for ,west-town and visited some aged    
friends1 such  as could not get to the  
church1 and two remarkable ones in      
particular1  which were regarded as     
pillars of the church4 ,i was conducted 
on board  the canal boat for ,lewistown4
 ,i had a pleasant passage1 arrived at  
#a or #b  o'clock1 ,a4 ,m4 and was      

kindly treated by them4 ,preached four  
sermons to  a hard people4 ,i was sick  
during my stay1 my system was much      
debilitated  before ,i reached          
,pittsburg2 however1 ,i pressed on to   
,huntingdon1 found  a small society     
suffering for want of help4 ,i was      
received by all the  brethren1 preached 
five sermons1 rode #aa miles and spoke  
to the ,forgemen1  but through bad      
management the congregation was small1  
but the word had  its effect2 the souls 
of the redeemed are precious4 ,i next   
proceeded to  ,hollidaysburg4 ,took     
passage by stage at night1 arrived at #h
 o'clock ,a4  ,m4 ,i was kindly received
 by a gentleman belonging to ,wesley    
church1 and  entertained in a friendly  
manner4 ,preached two sermons to a      
comfortable  congregation1 and then left
 for ,johnstown4 ,after ,i got out of   
the car ,i  thought it almost the last  
end of the world as regards             
accommodations4  ,i had to stand near   
one hour before ,i could get a person to

 carry my  trunk4 ,the ,captain was kind
 and offered to send me a person1 but ,i
 got  a man at last to take my trunk    
there4 ,his wife was kind1 although ,i  
introduced myself to her1 knowing her to
 be the ,barber's wife4 ,she sent  for  
him to come in1 and then introduced me  
to her husband4 ,when he sat  down he   
said1 8you preach do you80 ,i try1 said 
,i4 8,do you understand the             
,scriptures80 ,some parts of it1 was my 
answer4 ,he appointed a meeting1  and   
the time arrived1 congregation gathered4
 ,when ,i commenced ,i felt  a little   
confusion in the house1 but in a few    
minutes every thing was  still1 and we  
had a solemn waiting upon the ,lord2    
after which the  ,barber closed the     
service4 ,so ,i left them4 ,a brother   
informed me that  the chief ,magistrate 
of the town said we must hold another   
meeting and  he would attend it1 but the
 preacher did not seem to feel          
interested  for the welfare of souls2   
for this cause ,i took passage on steam 

boat  for ,pittsburg1 which was pleasant
 although crowded4 ,the last day being  
,sabbath1 ,i sat in serious meditation  
on the beauties of ,creation and the    
plan of ,redemption4 ,there were some   
lady passengers from ,charleston that   
enjoyed religion would come and sit by  
me to read4 ,when about to leave1  one  
of them requested me to pray for her    
husband and daughter4 ,i hope  that     
,elijah's ,god will prosper her desire  
for their welfare4 ,we arrived  at      
,pittsburg about #h o'clock1 ,p4 ,m4 ,i 
was conducted to the house of a  worthy 
,father in ,israel1 where ,i remained   
awhile1 preached four or five  sermons  
in ,pittsburg4 ,my mind still urging me 
on to ,brownsville2 and the  ,lord      
opened the way4 ,the ,elder of the      
circuit coming into ,pittsburg1 made  a 
way for me1 and provided me with a      
sister to accompany me4 ,the ,lord      
blessed the labors of his servants4 ,in 
three months time there were one        
hundred and ten added to his circuit4   

,some converts1 some mourners4 ,five    
out of one family fell in love with this
 ,heaven-born plan1 ,i commenced  my    
winter journey the #ajth of ,december4  
,i left ,pittsburg for a ,quarterly     
,meeting at ,williamsport2 it was a     
tedious journey4 ,we had to walk seven  
miles1 and on entering the town we met a
 brother coming to meet us with  a      
conveyance4 ,that night the meeting     
commenced1 and truly the battle  was the
 ,lord's4 ,six were slain by his mighty 
power1 and the faith of  believers      
strengthened4 ,i spoke at #aa o'clock   
from the #abth ,chapter of  ,isaiah1    
#eth  #fth verses1 and at night again1  
to a crowded house of  well-behaved     
people4 ,elder ,clemens1 a successful   
laborer for the ,lord  was on this      
circuit4 ,after preaching1 the mourner's
 bench was erected1  and the slain of   
the ,lord were many4 ,this meeting      
continued two days and  nights1 after   
which our ,love-feast took place4 ,the  
,lord was in the midst1  and the people 

were crying for mercy in every          
direction4 ,the ,wesleyan  ,methodists  
opened their church and gave me an      
appointment on ,monday at #c  o'clock1  
,p4 ,m41 after which the ,elder gave us 
privilege to hold prayer  meetings1     
which continued all night1 was very     
successful1 and a revival  took place   
with both white and colored people1 and 
one of the members  informed me there   
were thirty persons added to the church 
that time4  ,praise ,god for the        
victory4        ,the world cannot       
withstand      ,its ancient conqueror2  
,it sure must fall beneath the hand     
,that arms us for the war3    ,we then  
rested a few days and started for       
,uniontown1 a female travelling  with   
me2 and we were received very kindly by 
,bro4 ,jackson and wife1  and the       
friends generally4 ,i preached out at   
the forge to an attentive  people and   
felt both life and liberty4 ,the ,elder 
returning from his  circuit1 preached   
again1 and five united with us in the   

,church1 after  which the ,elder formed 
a new ,society1 fourteen miles distant4 
,i then  preached in the white ,m4 ,e4  
,church to a very attentive             
congregation1  whose groans ascended the
 hill of the ,lord1 and ,i felt his     
presence in  a powerful manner--text1   
,isaiah lix4 #a v4 ,on #bdth of         
,december the ,elder  held a            
watch-night1 and on the #beth we started
 for ,ridge ,port again4  ,i received   
the morning appointment and the ,elder  
preached at night1  and the ,lord       
continued to pour out his ,spirit upon  
the people1 which  caused a general     
revival4 ,ten joined the ,church on     
trial4 ,some we left  mourning for the  
redemption in ,christ1 while others     
seemed to be in full  stretch for the   
,kingdom of ,god4 ,i had a previous     
invitation to a church  five miles      
distant on the turnpike1 and ,i spoke in
 the morning at #aa  o'clock1 and just  
closed the sermon1 when a gentleman came
 with a swift  horse and vehicle on     

express for me to come and fill an      
appointment for  them at #c o'clock ,p4 
,m41 and accordingly went4 ,we arrived  
between #b and  #c o'clock4 ,i met a    
large congregation of very respectable  
people1 and  preached from these words3 
8,the ,spirit of the ,lord ,god is upon 
me10 c4  ,the next ,wednesday ,i        
attended an appointment in ,greenfield  
in the old ,m4  ,e4 church2 it was a    
very stormy night1 and ,i thought from  
the inclemency  of the weather there    
would be no person out2 but through the 
perseverance  of the ,brother and his   
wife that came for me1 there was quite a
 large  congregation gathered1 after    
which he handed me up in the pulpit1 and
 ,i  endeavored to preach from these    
words3 8,we have found him of whom      
,moses  and the ,prophets did write10   
and ,i must say that the christian      
groans  that were uttered1 and the      
hearty ,amens that ascended the hill of 
,zion1  were answered seemingly as with 
coals of fire from ,god's holy altar1   

which warmed every heart4 ,pray ,god to 
carry on the work4          ,thy banner 
unfurl1      ,bid the nation surrender2 
,and own ,thee their ,god1      ,their  
,king1 and ,defender4    ,some hundreds 
were added to that circuit that year1   
ending ,february1  #ahci4 ,in a few days
 ,i left for ,williamsport1 where ,i    
remained a few days  at ,bro4 ,c's41 and
 attended several very good meetings at 
,washington1 ,pa4  ,i had an appointment
 given me by the ,elder of the white ,m4
 ,e4 ,church1  which ,i accepted4 ,by   
special request1 ,i visited a white     
young lady in  the last stage of        
consumption1 and after conversing with  
her about the  salvation of her soul1 ,i
 received great satisfaction1 who ,i    
trust now  rests in ,abraham's bosom4 ,i
 attended a quarterly meeting at        
,washington1  and ,i heard some powerful
 exhortations--,god owned the word and  
by his  infinite power arrested a woman 
who formerly kept a dance house1 and    
with her1 her family also1 7saving her  

husband who had lately died17  and they1
 five in number1 cried aloud for mercy  
at the hand of ,god1 and  afterwards    
joined the church2 the old lady appeared
 very serious1 and  they all spoke well 
in ,love-feast4    ,i had a special     
invitation1 by letter1 to go to         
,waynesburg1 which ,i  received1 and    
spoke in the old ,methodist church1     
after being conveyed  there by a brother
 that was sent for me expressly4 ,on    
,wednesday evening  ,i spoke in the     
,court house2 it was in the month of    
,february1 and the  walking was very    
difficult2 the friends were very kind2  
but few colored  persons1 only two      
members of the church1 and six joined4  
,i spoke for them  five times--after    
discharging my duty ,i left in peace    
with ,god and man4  ,on my return to    
,washington1 ,i spent a week or ten     
days1 and preached on  ,sabbath day1 and
 at night three sermons4 ,the ,mayor of 
the city declared  his intention to     
impose a heavy punishment upon any      

person or persons  disturbing any       
church1 and it had the effect to make   
some of the wildest  of the rabble      
behave themselves in the church with    
respect1 while ,i  endeavored to declare
 the oracles of truth4 ,after which ,i  
left for  ,meconnoburg1 and preached    
eleven sermons4    ,in ,march ,i left   
for ,pittsburg1 and we met in joy2 and  
at my first  appointment ,i spoke from  
,isaiah c4 #ej1 v4 #ca4 ,i then rested  
three or  four weeks1 during which time 
my mind become much exercised to go to  
,cincinnati--it was difficult to travel1
 but ,god always makes a way for  his   
people4 ,a friend both to ,god and me1  
got a passage for me on board  of a     
,steamboat1 with a preacher and his     
family1 and on my arrival1 ,i was       
recommended to friends there1 ,elder    
,king and wife1 and ,i found them4 ,i   
told them it was my business to preach4 
,an appointment was given me4 ,i  spoke 
several times1 and the ,lord approbated 
the efforts of the feeble  worm1 and    

believers were built up in the most holy
 faith4 ,my visit was  joyous4 ,my      
pamphlets went off as by a wind1 the    
,elder recommending them  very highly1  
and also encouraged me to have the #b;d 
edition printed1 which  ,i had          
done--there being then one thousand more
 for sale1 in which ,i was  successful4 
,five joined the church after the last  
sermon4    ,i then left for ,dayton1    
,ohio1 and found a large church and     
building4 ,the  colored population there
 was very large--there ,i preached six  
sermons1  and one in the other church4  
,i was aided by both churches4 ,i then  
took  steamboat for ,hambleton1 a well  
situated place1 and preached two        
sermons2  had a good visit1 much favored
 of the ,lord1 although the members were
  much scattered abroad4 ,but a worthy  
brother1 a man of ,god1 had settled     
there and formed a ,society of some     
twenty persons1 which was still         
prosperous4 ,after preaching two        
sermons1 ,i took passage in steamboat   

for  ,cincinnati2 remained there awhile 
until ,i had some new direction opened  
to my mind1 where ,i might call the     
people to the arms of ,christ4 ,the     
recent printing of my tracts1 had caused
 me to be very scarce of money1  7price 
of printing #ajjj copies1 #ch47 ,there  
were individuals who helped  me in a way
 for travelling4 ,the ,elder being      
absent that ,sabbath morning1  there was
 some disorder prevailed among some who 
seemed double-minded1  yet they were    
officers4 ,but ,god can make a way where
 there appears to  be no way4 ,mrs4 ,e4 
,j41 her husband and children1 made me a
 present of  seven dollars1 and another 
friend interceded for me in getting a   
good  cabin passage in a comfortable    
boat1 and no distinction--captain was a 
gentleman4 ,i enjoyed sweet communion   
with the spirit of the ,lord4 ,but a    
painful circumstance took place near our
 journey's end1 which seemed to  me     
awful in the extreme4 ,there was a woman
 on board of the boat who was  called   

insane4 ,i thought she was laboring     
under a despair of mind4 ,she  had seen 
herself a dreadful sinner1 and set in a 
melancholy position2 at  times only she 
would seemingly arouse and ask us not to
 let them hurt  her4 ,on one occasion ,i
 asked her how she felt4 ,she answered1 
8,i hear some  persons talking2 they    
will hurt me--,i would drown myself1 but
 it is such  a sin40 ,a lady and myself 
strove to comfort her1 after which the  
lady  read to her respecting the storms4
 ,she set very quiet1 then she suddenly 
arose to her feet1 and said she must    
pray4 ,i told her to kneel down by  my  
side1 which she did very orderly2 she   
first prayed in ,dutch2 ,i could  not   
understand her only as she said ,god or 
,jesus1 and then she prayed in  ,english
 very feeling1 then clapped her hands   
and said he has taken a load  off       
me--this was about #aj or #aa o'clock1  
,a4 ,m4 ,she arose1 washed her face  and
 hands1 combed her hair1 and then put on
 a cap and looked like another  person1 

and thus remained until candle-light1   
she and the young lady  walking and     
talking4 ,i was reading and felt greatly
 relieved from the  care of her4        
,suddenly the chambermaid came in and   
asked me for her1 and  it seemed only   
five minutes since ,i missed her4 ,the  
captain made search1  went down on the  
deck and there found her1 but she begged
 so hard to stay  there that he left    
her4 ,the boat arrived at ,portsmouth   
next morning at  sunrise1 and that      
morning at #h o'clock1 she was seen to  
jump overboard4  ,they lowered a boat   
and tried to save her1 but before they  
reached her  she sank to rise no more2  
and on the authority of ,god's word1 ,i 
say1 no  self-murderer hath eternal     
life4 ,reader1 be careful1 exceedingly  
careful1  how you trifle with the spirit
 of ,god1 lest it should take its flight
 and  leave thee to undergo eternal     
punishment4        ,take the warning1   
turn and live1      ,and ,god will his  
,spirit give4    ,after landing1 ,i felt

 to be a stranger in a strange land1 but
 the ,lord  ever provides in time of    
need4 ,accordingly ,i was conducted by a
 gentleman  and introduced to a friend  
who received me and treated me kindly1  
and in  a few days introduced me to one 
of the ,trustees1 who welcomed me to the
  ,church4 ,now ,i began to feel the    
spirit of my station4 ,on ,thursday     
night  ,i filled an appointment4 ,it was
 altogether a strange thing to hear a   
woman preach there1 so it made quite an 
excitement1 which made my labor  very   
heavy1 as the people were all eyes and  
prayed none4 ,but on ,sabbath  day we   
had a crowded house1 and an old         
backslider fell to the floor  like      
,dagon before the ,ark4 ,six joined the 
church on probation4 ,on next  ,sabbath1
 ,elder ,peters' quarterly meeting took 
place1 which was greatly  enjoyed by all
 present4 ,i met many of my friends from
 ,pittsburg and other  places1 and we   
rejoiced together4 ,one day in the house
 of the ,lord is  more than a thousand  

in the courts of the wicked4 ,the first 
,sabbath ,i  spoke to the class1 five   
fell to the floor under the influence of
 ,god's  power4 ,two days afterward we  
left for ,gallopeler quarterly meeting2 
took passage on board of steamboat1     
which was very pleasant1 without        
distinction4 ,when we arrived1 it being 
night1 a gentleman conducted us to  our 
lodgings and introduced us1 where we    
were kindly received4 ,i preached  one  
sermon to a small society that seemed   
almost without a shepherd  to look to   
their welfare4 ,i was astonished at the 
situation of the  church--after which   
time the ,elder came4 ,a ,baptist       
society occupied the  house in the      
morning1 and in the afternoon the ,elder
 preached--it was a  dull time indeed1  
none joined4 ,at night ,i tried to      
preach1 but could not  tell what the    
,lord had done for them people1 for they
 seemed both barren  and unfruitful4    
,i felt an anxiety to go to             
,chillicothe1 for which place ,i took   

passage  and arrived on ,wednesday2     
found a large field of labor open4 ,i   
preached  on the next night 7,thursday7 
to a very large and well informed       
congregation4 ,i then took passage via  
canal1 and my mind was much  exercised1 
indeed1 somewhat uncommon4 ,text #ast1  
,thessalonians3 8,because  iniquity     
abounds the love of many waxed cold1 but
 they that endure to  the end the same  
shall be saved40 ,text #b;d3 8,for      
,christ sent me not to  baptize1 but to 
preach the gospel lest the cause of     
,christ should be made  of non effect40 
,text #c;d4 ,prov4 #eth c4 #fth v41 ,i  
preached again from these  words3 8,all 
flesh is as grass40 ,fifth and last3 8,i
 am the true ,vine10 c4  ,my visit being
 out1 ,i left for ,williamsport in peace
 with ,god1 likewise  the brethren1 as  
the friends had used me very kind4      
,after the quarterly  meeting1 we all   
took passage with the ,elder for        
,pittsburg1 to meet the  conference4 ,i 
there met the ,rt4 ,rev4 ,bishop1 and   

others ,i was glad to  see4 ,i remained 
there two or three weeks1 and preached  
four sermons4  ,both preachers and      
people used me like christians4 ,the    
conference  was largely attended with   
ministers from every direction4 ,the    
,bishop  granted an open house for      
persons to visit and hear the           
arrangements  and appointments on the   
circuits4 ,the preaching was very good1 
and it  seemed as if the word fell heavy
 upon the hearts of the ,king's enemies2
  a general revival took place4 ,the    
,bishop gave me an appointment during   
the conference4 ,after my visit came to 
a close1 ,i was exercised to  leave for 
,philadelphia4 ,a lady1 named ,mrs4     
,dorsey1 being acquainted with  one of  
the captains of the boats1 succeeded in 
procuring a comfortable  passage for me 
for #ae1 and #c for board1 making #ah in
 all1 when it was  #dh from             
,philadelphia to ,pittsburg4 ,i felt    
grateful towards ,god for his           
mindfulness of me4 ,the captain was a   

gentleman1 and the passengers of  the   
first circle1 and ,i enjoyed their      
company4 ,when we changed boats at      
,hollidaysburg1 the captain put me on   
the fast line that ,i might arrive  at  
,philadelphia in the day4 ,there was a  
white lady on the boat with me1  bound  
to ,philadelphia1 who had travelled from
 ,new ,orleans4 ,a gentleman  who was   
coming to the city1 seeing her lonely   
situation and also mine1 he  never left 
the cars until he saw each of our       
baggages in the omnibus and  starting   
for our doors--a gentleman indeed4 ,thus
 ended this journey1 ,sept4  #ahci4     
,after my arrival1 my first inquiry was 
after the state of health of my  son and
 his family1 and to my great            
disappointment ,i found that my little  
grandson had died4 ,this was startling  
news to me1 you may think1 but the      
,lord removed him for some wise purpose 
of his providence1 and in this ,i  felt 
perfectly resigned to his will1 with a  
heart of gratitude for my  protection   

and safe arrival at home4 ,i remained in
 the city about three  months1 and      
received appointments in our churches on
 ,thursday nights1  although in years   
past ,i always had them at any time1    
,sunday afternoons  not excepted4 ,in   
,philadelphia1 ,n4 ,york1 ,baltimore1   
and all the principal  cities1 from #ajj
 to #ajjj miles distant1 as ,i travelled
 under the reign  of the first ,bishop  
,rt4 ,rev4 ,richard ,allen1 ,i have been
 instrumental in  the hands of ,god of  
gaining many hundreds of dollars for the
 connexion1  by raising societies where 
there never had been any1 since which   
time  they have grown to such a mass as 
to build large churches1 and that in    
different places1 and likewise have     
spent hundreds1 but don't regret  it1 as
 ,i was about the work of ,him that sent
 me1 for which my reward is  promised if
 ,i but hold out faithful4              
,now1 pray for me1      ,that while on  
earth ,i roam2        ,that with the    
joyful ,jubilee1      ,i may arrive at  

home4    ,i again was impressed upon to 
go into the western part of the ,state  
of ,pennsylvania and labor for the      
,lord1 as the field appeared large      
before me4 ,about this time sister      
,elaw1 a speaker belonging under the    
jurisdiction of the ,e4 ,methodist      
connexion1 coming to this place1 she    
received an appointment which had been  
given to me1 and ,i closed the  meeting 
after her1 and we enjoyed good seasons  
together4 ,the greatest  display of     
,god's power seemed visible in a        
,protestant congregation2  sister       
preached1 and ,i gave an exhortation and
 closed1 in which there  was a great    
shout for victory4 ,i was informed by   
those that were in the  spirit1 that    
they saw the glory of ,god like a sun   
over the pulpit1 and a  face shone after
 it1 thus the battle was the ,lord's4   
,my sister leaving for ,england to visit
 the world's convention1 ,i started     
alone4 ,my first appointment was over   
,schuylkill--then ,i was conveyed nine  

miles farther1 preached three sermons1  
and then returned to the city2 on  the  
following week ,i left again for        
,lancaster1 ,pa41 but meeting friends   
going to ,columbia ,i went with them4   
,the meetings were attended by the      
spirit of ,god1 and the speakers felt   
the spirit of their station1 and  the   
feast was glorious2 over thirty were    
added to the church in less  than a     
week1 and many of them found peace with 
,god4 ,from thence ,i went  to          
,marietta1 preached two sermons1 and    
then left for ,lancaster4 ,the  ,lord   
owned the word spoken1 and after        
preaching1 ten joined the church4       
8,praise the ,lord1 for ,he only doeth  
great wonders40--,psalms4 ,i then       
proceeded on to ,carlisle4 ,seemingly   
the wolf had got in among the fold  and 
had scattered some clear away4 ,but     
,god's word will have its effect  where 
it is promulgated in its purity4 ,the   
consequence was1 we had a  great        
rejoicing4 ,i preached six sermons1     

including one for the ,protestant       
,methodists4 ,i employed my time1 as    
usual1 endeavoring to explain the       
effects of the everlasting gospel of the
 kingdom1 even in common  conversation4 
,the happy seasons ,i have seen are ever
 memorable to me1  and my prayer is1    
that all ,israel may be saved1 not only 
from the trials  of life1 but from the  
power of hell4 ,i then proceeded to     
,harrisburg1  preached one sermon to a  
good congregation1 and felt considerable
 liberty  in speaking4 ,i left next     
morning for ,marietta2 it was a very    
cold day2  sometimes ,i rode in a slay  
and sometimes in a carriage4 ,i preached
 one  sermon on ,sabbath1 and next day  
took passage in a slay for ,columbia4 ,i
  stopped a few days1 preached one      
sermon1 then left for ,penningtonville4 
,i preached there on ,sabbath day to a  
good congregation of different          
denominations--it was a glorious day to 
my soul4 ,upon the authority of  ,god's 
word1 there need be no doubt about      

religion1 for they that have  it carry  
the witness within themselves4 ,thus1   
having finished my visit  with a peace  
of conscience1 ,i returned to           
,philadelphia1 ,march #ast1  and found  
all my friends well4 ,i waited in the   
temple of the ,lord and  preached       
several times4 ,i felt anxious to go to 
,baltimore on a visit to  the general   
conference1 being the first of that kind
 held there for many  years4 ,after     
mentioning it to the ,bishop1 he said ,i
 should be paid for  it if ,i wished to 
go1 for which ,i felt very grateful4    
,after making the  necessary            
preparations by arranging my clothes1   
c41 the morning came  for to start2 the 
boat was to leave ,philadelphia at #f   
o'clock1 ,a4 ,m4 ,my  mind had been     
somewhat divided about going to ,n4     
,york1 as ,i wanted to see  the         
convention of the ,american             
,anti-,slavery ,society4 ,but on my way 
to  the ,baltimore boat1 in company with
 a young sister1 my mind was suddenly   

arrested by a strange sensation1 which  
proceeded from some supernatural  cause1
 followed by a voice which seemingly    
spake thus3 8a watery grave6  a watery  
grave660 ,i told the sister what had    
been revealed to me1 yet not  half a    
square from the house4 ,she believed as 
,i did1 and ,i consequently  turned back
 with an impression ,i should be drowned
 if ,i went1 as ,i  seemingly saw the   
water4 8,how unsearchable are ,god's    
judgments1 and his  ways are past       
finding out40    ,the same month1       
,april1 ,i was sent for in great haste  
to visit ,cape ,may1  to see my aged    
mother1 as it was thought for the last  
time1 as she was  very ill1 at the      
advanced age of #hb years4 ,i went and  
remained with  her several weeks1 when  
she nearly recovered4 ,i then filled    
several  appointments unexpectedly4 ,but
 my way was ,i know not where4 ,during  
my  stay there ,i lost a nephew #ab     
years of age1 whom ,i trust rests4 ,but 
,i  should have mentioned1 the day ,i   

returned from the ,baltimore boat1 ,i   
took passage at #b o'clock1 ,p4 ,m41 for
 ,burlington1 and preached for them  on 
,sabbath day at a quarterly meeting1 and
 second day after ,i left for  ,new     
,york and arrived the first day the     
convention sat1 which ,i attended  in   
company with ,mrs4 ,h4 ,lane1 who was   
ever zealous in the good cause of       
liberty and the rights of all1 and ,i   
heard some very eloquent speeches  which
 pleased me very much1 and my heart     
responded with this instruction3  8,do  
unto all men as you would they should do
 unto you20 and as we are all  children 
of one parent1 no one is justified in   
holding slaves4 ,i felt  that the spirit
 of ,god was in the work1 and also felt 
it my duty to unite  with this ,society4
 ,doubtless the cause is good1 and ,i   
pray ,god to forward  on the work of    
abolition until it fills the world1 and 
then the gospel  will have free course  
to every nation1 and in every           
clime4--,after the  convention was over 

,i returned to ,philadelphia1 and       
prepared for a long  journey4 ,but      
previously ,i visited a part of ,rev4   
,turner's circuit--,jersey1  viz4 of    
,burlington1 ,trenton1 c4 ,his charge   
was extensive and laborers  were much   
wanted4 ,i endeavored to preach two     
sermons in ,burlington1  and in other   
places nine more1 and then visited      
,allentown and preached  three sermons4 
,i visited a camp meeting and never saw 
a greater display  of ,god's power1 for 
truly signs and wonders followed the    
preaching of  the cross of ,christ1     
while the voice of prayer made sinners  
stare and  filled them with awe and     
wonder4 ,i also preached to a small     
society five  miles farther1 called     
,lawrenceville1 after which ,i returned 
to ,trenton1  ,princeton1 c41 and in a  
few days ,i left for ,brunswick4 ,i left
 for this  journey in #ahdc1 in one of  
the brother's own conveyance1 for which 
,i  felt very thankful4 ,i filled       
several appointments1 and then left for 

,new ,york1 where ,i remained several   
weeks1 and proposed the holding of a    
protracted meeting to the ,elder ,boggs1
 in charge1 and he thought well of  it1 
and appointed one1 and it seemed that   
the people truly had a mind to  work1   
and the ,lord blessed our labors4 ,i    
preached on two ,sabbath nights  and    
once in the middle of the week4 ,a      
revival broke out and twenty-one  were  
added to the church1 and it concluded   
with a victorious ,love-feast1  glory to
 ,god4 ,during my absence my son was    
taken very ill with a severe  disease1  
and ,i felt very anxious to see him     
after an absence of several  months2    
consequently in ,december ,i left ,n4   
,york on my return1 and ,i  found him   
much better than ,i expected1 which     
greatly relieved my mind4  ,i preached  
once in the ,bethel1 once in the ,wesley
 church1 which came in  the connexion1  
,hurst ,st41 and other places1 but soon 
finished my work in  this city1 and     
notwithstanding the severity of the     

winter1 ,i returned  to ,rahway1 and    
found the friends very kind to me4 ,i   
thank the ,lord for  giving them hearts 
to be so1 as the winter was trying4 ,i  
preached ten  sermons during my stay1 in
 which time a great revival took place  
in the  church1 and many were added1    
amongst whom was a ,rev4 father ,e1 who 
had  left our church but at this time   
returned1 and truly we made use of that 
very appropriate phrase3 8,the dead is  
alive and the lost is found10 and  the  
brother rejoiced much1 seeing the       
,providence of ,god4 ,now ,i began  to  
feel my labors nearly completed in that 
part4 ,i returned to ,n4 ,york  7as my  
visit was not accomplished in that city7
 on the #ast of ,march1  #ahda1 and     
tarried some time1 after which ,i took  
passage on steamboat  for ,new ,haven   
and arrived there at #a o'clock1 ,p4 ,m4
 ,i was conducted by  carriage to ,mr4  
,b's1 and his family was kind2 on next  
,wednesday ,i was  taken to a brother's 
house1 near the meeting house1 which    

they commenced  in ,january1 and ,i     
preached in it in ,march4 ,being a      
people there whose  minds were much     
cultivated1 ,i felt at liberty to speak1
 believing ,god  would own his word1    
which he did1 and we had a revival4 ,but
 ,lucifer had  prepared an engine to    
play upon it and put it out4 ,but we had
 some firm  members that turned neither 
to the right or left1 as the scripture  
saith  8the righteous shall hold on     
their way40 ,ah6 reader1 many scenes ,i 
have  passed through1 but ,i yet live by
 faith in the ,son of ,god4 ,i preached 
twenty-one sermons1 and made my home at 
brother ,white's1 near the church2  this
 saved me from a great deal of exposure 
in going to and returning  from the     
church4 ,i perceived their slothfulness 
in coming out to ,sabbath  morning      
services4 ,my first text was ,rev4 i1   
#aj4 ,god was with us truly1  for signs 
and wonders followed1 and we commenced a
 protracted meeting1  and on the fifth  
night there were fourteen mourning souls

 at the anxious  bench4 ,after a stay of
 seven weeks1 ,i felt at liberty to     
leave them1  which ,i did1 and arrived  
in ,new ,york on the #bdth of ,april4   
,elder ,b4 gave  me an appointment the  
ensuing ,sabbath morning in ,bethel     
church4 ,after  that ,i went over to    
,brooklyn and spoke three or four times1
 but my heart  mourned to see such a    
great falling off that had taken place  
in a few  months past4 ,but the         
conference sit there1 and they had good 
preaching1  and the congregation soon   
began to increase4 ,the brothers were   
kind to  me and gave me appointments at 
different places4 ,i continued to travel
  round about1 and spoke a number of    
times in ,flushing1 eight sermons in    
,jamaica1 three in ,flatbush1 three in  
,huntingdon south1 three in ,glencove1  
and then returned to ,brooklyn again1   
and remained awhile with a sister  who  
was ever kind to me1 for which ,i hope  
,god will reward her1 with  others4     
,there was a camp-meeting to commence   

that week of my return1 to  be held by  
,rev4 ,boggs1 near ,harvest ,straw1 and 
,i through invitation went  in          
company--it was a very rainy time1 but  
we had a great meeting1 and ,i  received
 two appointments4 ,we caught no cold1  
and the christians rejoiced  in the     
victories of the ,cross1 for we believed
 the ,lord would shelter us  even in the
 midst of storm4    ,having a great     
desire to go to ,massachusetts1 ,i paid 
my way to ,harvest  ,straw to take the  
boat1 but was disappointed1 not being in
 time1 after  which ,i had to pay a     
gentleman to convey me ten miles and    
conduct me  safe on board of the boat   
for ,albany4 ,i had a pleasant cabin    
passage for  #a4ej4 ,on my arrival ,i   
employed a person to convey me and my   
baggage to  a friend's house1 and when  
,i got there1 they being absent1 ,i did 
not  stop even for breakfast1 but       
returned to a ,n4 ,york boat that       
stopped at  ,hudson1 and there to take  
passage by ,railroad4 ,on my arrival1 ,i

 found  the cars did not start until #d 
o'clock1 ,p4 ,m4 ,it then occurred to my
  mind that ,i was in ,hudson           
unexpectedly1 and truly the hand of the 
,lord  must be in it1 as ,i wanted to   
visit that place some time before4 ,i   
then  went out in search of some of my  
own people of color1 trying to find  out
 if ,i could get a place to preach in on
 my return1 as ,i felt anxious  to call 
the fallen sons and daughters of ,adam4 
,when about to start in  the cars for   
,stockbridge1 one of the brothers of the
 church went in  company with me to the 
camp4 ,by #g o'clock we were safely     
landed and  found the meeting           
prosperous1 and ,i felt warm for the    
battle1 as though  ,i must press through
 fire or water4 ,we had one mile to walk
 or pay #be  cents--after walking the   
distance1 we found the tent that the    
,albany  friends were accommodated at2  
soon after which the ,elder heard of it 
and  called upon me1 which seemed to    
approbate my coming to his camp4 ,i felt

  a great degree of liberty1 believing  
myself to be in the right place4  ,after
 several other strangers had labored in 
their turn1 the ,elder gave  me another 
appointment on ,saturday night4 ,i      
endeavored to speak as ,god  gave       
ability1 and a brother closed meeting   
after me4 ,on ,sabbath morning  at #aj  
o'clock1 ,i tried to speak again to a   
large congregation4 ,it rained  very    
heavy1 but they gave the best attention 
and withstood the storm in  all         
quietness2 ,i felt free1 the tongue was 
loosed1 the lip was touched1  and the   
heart was warm1 which seemed to operate 
with the language of the  text1 in      
,rev43 8,i was in the spirit on the     
,lord's day40 ,the ,lord owned  the     
word1 and the hearty ,amens that went   
up1 caused the woods to echo4 ,a  white 
,methodist gentleman was present1 who   
had become almost choked to  death with 
the glutted cares of this world2 while  
sitting1 ,god through  his mercy1 sent  
his awakening power to his heart1 and he

 rejoiced louder  than others1 telling  
me he was glad the ,lord had sent me1   
that his mind  had been overcharged with
 the cares of this life truly1 and all  
of this  while ,israel shouted for the  
battle4 ,the wicked were somewhat rude  
on  ,sunday night1 and the ,elder gave a
 very appropriate address to the        
gentlemen of the ,state of              
,massachusetts1 showing how our rights  
were  invaded1 after which the gentlemen
 took it on themselves to guard the     
camp ground1 and we had good order4 ,the
 breaking up was a time long to  be     
remembered1 and on that day at #ab      
o'clock ,i left for ,hudson4 ,i there   
preached one or two sermons1 visited the
 sick1 c41 and was then taken to        
,pittsfield1 preached one sermon1 and   
then proceeded by stage to ,hudson      
city1 where ,i remained a while with a  
kind sister and her daughter4  ,i       
attended the church on ,sabbath morning 
and enjoyed a good sermon  delivered by 
the ,elder4    ,at #b o'clock1 ,p4 ,m41 

,i tried to preach in the same church to
 a full  congregation4 ,text from the   
general epistle of ,james1 #ast ,chapter
  #beth  verse4 ,at night ,i spoke in   
the old ,methodist church for the first 
time1  from these words2 8,we have found
 him of whom ,moses and the ,prophet's  
did write1 ,jesus of ,nazereth1 the son 
of ,joseph40 ,my mind was much          
exercised on the subject2 receiving     
light from ,heaven4 ,i preached one     
sermon in the ,school-,house at         
,catskill from these words2 8,i will    
give you  power to tread on serpents and
 scorpions1 and they shall not harm     
you40  ,the ,lord was there of a truth4 
,after this1 by request1 ,i spoke in the
  white ,methodist church from these    
words3 8,therefore1 cast not away your  
confidence1 which has great recompense  
of reward40 ,the ,lord was there1  and  
assisted the clay to speak in his name4 
,on ,monday night ,i spoke from  these  
words of ,paul to the ,hebrews3 8,if the
 words spoken by ,angels1 are           

steadfast10 c41 which had its desired   
effect4 ,on ,saturday ,i left for       
,albany1 taking with me a good report   
for the ,elder of our connection2  after
 which1 we wrote for him to come and    
form a ,society1 which he  did sometime 
afterwards4 ,the ,elder was kind1 and   
gave me appointments  frequently4 ,he   
held a ,protracted ,meeting1 at which   
all of our laborers  were successful4 ,i
 preached seven sermons in ,albany and  
one in ,troy2  after which ,i felt moved
 upon to visit ,binghampton1 and sister 
,tilghman  was on her way to the same   
place to visit her father and mother1   
from  whom she had been absent for some 
time1 preaching the ,everlasting ,gospel
  of the ,kingdom4 ,but we were detained
 on the canal some time2 but the        
,captain was kind and treated us well4  
,after five days sail we arrived  safe1 
and found our friends well2 but not well
 in the ,lord4    ,as soon as ,i enter a
 city ,i can feel the spirit that ,i may
 have to  contend with2 but by the      

permission of the ,elder ,i filled      
appointments  for a week or two1 and    
then left for ,montrose ,quarterly      
,meeting4 ,preached  five sermons1 and  
passed through many things that were not
 agreeable1  but duty makes labor light4
 ,i also spoke to a white congregation4 
,after  riding five or six miles and    
back the same night1 and preaching two  
sermons in the town1 ,i returned again  
to ,binghampton1 and held the           
,christmas ,watch-,night meeting1 as ,i 
found it was about to be omitted1  and  
feeling interested1 made application to 
the ,trustees the ,elder being  absent1 
and thus gained permission4 ,it was a   
task for me1 as sister  ,tilghman was   
sick2 but the ,lord was with us1 while  
we rejoiced in the  light that had come 
into the world4 ,glory to ,god for the  
gift of his ,son4  ,in the morning three
 of us attended the ,episcopal church1  
and associated  with them in receiving  
the ,lord's ,supper4 ,at night ,i       
preached again1 and  ,i felt zealous in 

the cause of ,god1 who was1 and is ever 
faithful to his  promise2 8,lo6 ,i am   
with you alway1 even to the end of the  
world40    ,the ,elder then returned and
 urged me to stay1 but ,i saw my way was
  onward4 ,alter preaching once more1 ,i
 was aided on my way to ,owego1  where  
,i found the enemies were many1 standing
 in opposition to female  preaching1 or 
preachers of any kind2 but ,god always  
clears the way for  his people4 ,while  
they were preparing to have a dance     
rather than come to  hear preaching1 and
 boasting that they would invite the    
,elder to come to  it1 ,god laid his    
heavy hand upon the man that was to play
 the fiddle for  them2 he fell sick on  
the floor2 but he was determined to     
carry it out1  and sent for another man1
 and he refused1 and at last this       
,goliah-like  man was glad to send for  
the ,elder to come and pray for him4    
8,o6 sinner1  thou cans't not measure   
arms with ,jehovah6 ,he is a man of war1
 and the  ,lord is his name40 ,in this  

very place1 ,god worked miracles among  
them4 ,i  preached on ,friday night1    
,sabbath morning1 afternoon and         
night--and ,god  worked wonders2        
converting some of the most wicked among
 them4    ,after this1 ,i left for      
,smithboro2 it seemed truly a hard      
place1 and my  labors were attended with
 but little success4 ,there were a few  
scattering  ,methodists that assembled  
to worship1 and seemed profited thereby4
  ,after ,i delivered my message ,i left
 for ,towanda2 and there we had very    
comfortable meetings4 ,i then proceeded 
ten miles further and preached2  there  
were eight persons1 there one being an  
exhorter4 ,they met us in  the spirit of
 the gospel4 ,after doing my duty ,i    
returned to ,towanda1 and  on ,wednesday
 ,i left for ,athens2 remained two days1
 preaching two sermons  in the ,academy4
 ,next morning ,i rode about two miles1 
but we had to wait  until the next      
,tuesday1 in consequence of the flood   
being so great4 ,i now  was among       

strangers1 with very little money2 but  
finding the lady was a  christian1 ,i   
ventured to open my mind to her1 telling
 her the nature of  my mission4 ,she    
told her husband1 who said he would     
charge me only six  shillings4 ,i sewed 
three spreads together for her to quilt4
 ,she then  informed me of a lady       
preacher in the neighborhood1 one mile  
distant4  ,i was kindly received by her1
 and met another person there also that 
seemed greatly wrought upon4 ,after a   
seasonable word of exhortation1 ,i  took
 tea with them4 ,in three days time ,i  
left for ,towanda again1 and  met with  
great success by preaching in private   
houses4 ,there was a  gentlemen that    
seemed as if he never thought of ,god in
 all his life1  but was arrested by the 
conviction of ,god's spirit1 and sent   
for me to  come and pray for him and his
 family4 ,to this my soul greatly       
rejoiced1  leaving him with a promise to
 call again1 which ,i did4 ,after       
inquiring  my manner of travelling1 and 

what ,i depended upon for support4 ,i   
replied  by giving him a statement of   
how ,i travelled1 when he kindly aided  
me by  a donation1 and wished me        
success1 requesting me to pray for him  
and his  family before ,i left them1 and
 ,i believe ,i saw him then fast        
ripening for  eternal blessedness4    ,i
 was then sent for to return again to   
,owego1 a distance of #ch miles1  and   
they would pay my way on to ,montrose1  
on my way to ,philadelphia4 ,i  obeyed  
the request and found things very       
prosperous indeed4 ,at night we  had    
prayer meetings1 and the ,lord continued
 to pour out his spirit upon  the       
people1 and we had a meeting every      
night4 ,mr4 ,j4 ,h41 formerly of        
,columbia1 whose lot was cast as in a   
strange land1 where there were only  a  
few people that were members of the ,m4 
,e4 church2 several husbands1  strangers
 to ,god until now1 and their wives1    
servants of the most ,high  ,god1 and   
two daughters of ,mr4 ,j4 ,h41 were     

justified through faith--three  joined  
the church previously4 ,i was selected  
to make a class book1 and  did so1 as ,i
 wanted to see how many were for us4    
,the ,baptists had held  an anxious     
meeting1 after which five joined them4  
,i made the trial by  special           
invitation1 and thirteen joined us4 ,i  
had preached on ,sabbath  morning and   
night1 and then held prayer meetings    
every night afterwards  that week1      
except ,saturday night2 a man and his   
wife fell to the floor  and cried for   
mercy1 and both arose in the same hour  
soundly converted1  giving ,god the     
glory4 ,i preached on the next ,sabbath 
morning and then led  class1 and at     
night again--text1 ,judges iv4 #be1 #bf4
 ,they all marvelled at  a woman taking 
such a deep subject1 but the ,lord      
assisted the organ of  clay1 and we had 
the victory1 as there were twenty-one   
persons joined  from that revival1 and  
nearly all of them evinced justifying   
grace4 ,on #c;d  day night we wound up1 

as ,i was to start on my journey on next
 day1 which  ,i did--brother paid my    
passage4 ,i rode #bh miles in good      
company with a  lady and gentleman who  
were going to ,new ,york4 ,she said she 
was sorry to  part2 we had a heavy      
thunder storm with rain1 and it was very
 dark1 but  we had a very careful       
driver1 and we arrived safe at ,montrose
 and took  supper--between #ab and #a   
o'clock at night ,i took stage for      
,wilkesbarre and  arrived there at #h   
next morning1 and there ,i crossed the  
,susquehanna2 ,i  was very hungry1 and  
having a little time ,i went to the     
house and asked  the lady for breakfast 
and ,i would pay her4 ,she said she had 
nothing1  but would try and get me a    
good breakfast and take no pay1 which   
she  did4 ,i truly feel thankful to ,god
 that he has proved himself a table in  
the wilderness4 ,about #d o'clock in the
 afternoon ,i arrived safe and was      
kindly received1 and preached on        
,sabbath morning and night4 ,between the

  two appointments ,i rode two miles and
 preached in the afternoon4 ,that day   
the ,lord was in the house in power4    
,tuesday evening we had a glorious      
prayer meeting4 ,i rode all night around
 the mountain1 and some walked  and     
appeared to be a quarter of a mile off4 
,but the ,lord preserved me  in the mail
 stage alone4 ,i adore his name now and 
,i shall for evermore4  ,the preacher in
 charge arrived the next day after ,i   
did1 and spent his  labors of love among
 the people4 ,on the ,wednesday         
following he went  away and left me in  
charge of the class1 7eight persons7 to 
regulate  them1 and by the permission of
 the elder ,i addressed them4 ,after ,i 
had  relieved my mind and taken my seat 
the preacher formed them into a class   
and appointed a leader1 who but three   
months before1 was unconverted2  but    
being so interested for the prosperity  
of ,zion1 seemed worthy of the          
appointment4 ,after this ,i endeavored  
to hold prayer meetings through the     

week2 preached twice on ,sabbath day and
 helped to lead class1 as the  brother  
was young1--but they were all willing   
people1 and truly it seemed  to be the  
day of ,god's power among them1 and     
8,peace abided at our ,house40    ,at   
the expiration of three weeks and four  
days ,i left them fifteen names  on     
their class book4 ,i then rode a        
distance of sixty miles over a hard     
road1 hills and mountains1 7there being 
no turn-pike or rail-road on that  rout 
from ,wilksbarre to ,easton27--some part
 of the way there was good  sleighing4  
,through the help of ,providence we     
arrived at ,easton about #h  o'clock1   
,p4 ,m4 ,i took supper and lodging in   
the ,hotel1 where ,i was well           
accommodated2 after which ,i found a    
small number of colored friends4 ,we    
had a meeting1 and 8it was good for us  
to be there40 ,after this ,i called  at 
,new ,hope1 thirty-two miles ,i think   
from ,philadelphia2 visited the  family 
,i was brought up in1 stopped and rested

 myself1 as ,i felt much  exhausted from
 travelling1 so much winter and summer4 
,i preached two or  three times4        
,brother ,j4 ,b4  was holding a         
protracted meeting4 ,i gained  strength2
 thank the ,lord1 and then left for     
home1 and arrived in the city  the last 
day of ,march #ahdb1 having been two    
years1 wanting a few days1  almost      
incessantly travelling4 ,i found my son1
 together with the rest  of my family   
connections quite well2 yet ,i could    
hear of the ravages  of death1 the      
relentless murderer1 who never takes    
denials2 my little  grand-daughter1 a   
promising child indeed1 was taken with  
the rest4 ,o6 how  soon delights may    
perish1 and my heart responds--8,the    
,lord's will be done40    ,my health    
being very much impaired1 ,i knew not   
but that ,i should be the  next one     
called away1 but the ,lord spared me for
 some other purpose1  and upon my       
recovery ,i commenced travelling again1 
feeling it better  to wear out than to  

rust out--and so expect to do until     
death ends the  struggle--knowing1 if ,i
 lose my life for ,christ's sake1 ,i    
shall find it  again4    ,i now         
conclude--by requesting the prayers of  
,god's people everywhere1 who  worship  
in ,his holy fear1 to pray for me1 that 
,i ever may endeavor to  keep a         
conscience void of offence1 either      
towards ,god or man--for ,i feel  as    
anxious to blow the ,trumpet in ,zion1  
and sound the alarm in ,god's ,holy     
,mount1 as ever2--        ,though       
,nature's strength decay1        ,and   
earth and hell withstand--      ,to     
,canaan's land ,i'll urge my way1       
,at ,,his ,divine command4    ,but here 
,i feel constrained to give over1 as    
from the smallness of this  pamphlet ,i 
cannot go through with the whole of my  
journal1 as it would  probably make a   
volume of two hundred pages2 which1 if  
the ,lord be  willing1 may at some      
future day be published4 ,but for the   
satisfaction  of such as may follow     

after me1 when ,i am no more1 ,i have   
recorded how  the ,lord called me to his
 work1 and how he has kept me from      
falling from  grace1 as ,i feared ,i    
should4 ,in all things he has proved    
himself a ,god  of truth to me2 and in  
his service ,i am now as much determined
 to spend  and be spent1 as at the very 
first4 ,my ardour for the progress of   
his  cause abates not a whit1 so far as 
,i am able to judge1 though ,i am now   
something more than fifty years of age4 
,as to the nature of uncommon           
impressions1 which the reader cannot but
  have noticed1 and possibly sneered at 
in the course of these pages1 they  may 
be accounted for in this way3 ,it is    
known that the blind have the  sense of 
hearing in a manner much more acute than
 those who can see3 also  their sense of
 feeling is exceedingly fine1 and is    
found to detect any  roughness on the   
smoothest surface1 where those who can  
see find none4  ,so it may be with such 
as ,i am1 who has never had more than   

three months  schooling2 and wishing to 
know much of the way and law of ,god1   
have  therefore watched the more        
closely1 the operations of the ,spirit1 
and  have in consequence been led       
thereby4 ,but let it be remarked that ,i
 have  never found that ,spirit lead me 
contrary to the ,scriptures of truth1 as
 ,i  understand them4 8,for as many as  
are led by the ,spirit of ,god are the  
sons of ,god40--,rom4 viii4 #ad4    ,i  
have now only to say1 ,may the blessing 
of the ,father1 and of the ,son1  and of
 the ,holy ,ghost1 accompany the reading
 of this poor effort to speak  well of  
his name1 wherever it may be read4      
,,amen4    ,p4,s4 ,please to pardon     
errors1 and excuse all imperfections1 as
 ,i have  been deprived of the          
advantages of education 7which ,i hope  
all will  appreciate7 as ,i am          
measurably a self-taught person4 ,i hope
 the contents  of this work may be      
instrumental in leaving a lasting       
impression upon the  minds of the       

impenitent2 may it prove to be          
encouraging to the justified  soul1 and 
a comfort to the sanctified4    ,though 
much opposed1 it is certainly essential 
in life1 as ,mr4 ,wesley  wisely        
observes4 ,thus ends the ,narrative of  
,,jarena ,,lee1 the first female        
preacher of the ,first ,african         
,methodist ,episcopal ,church4          
,,bethel ,,at ,,philadelphia1 ,,penn41  
,,united ,,states ,,of ,,america4       
,,finis4